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Frieseomelitta silvestrii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Frieseomelitta
Species:	F. silvestrii
Binomial name
Frieseomelitta silvestrii (Friese, 1902)
Subspecies
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Frieseomelitta silvestrii is a stingless bee species in the genus Frieseomelitta found in Brazil.

Frieseomelitta silvestrii languida is a subspecies making use of resin and of the chemical compound totarol.

References

1. Patricio, E. F.; Cruz-López, Leopoldo; Maile, Roland; Tentschert, Jutta; Jones, Graeme R.; Morgan, E. David (February 2002). "The propolis of stingless bees: Terpenes from the tibia of three Frieseomelitta species". Journal of Insect Physiology. 48 (2): 249–254. Bibcode:2002JInsP..48..249P. doi:10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00170-6. PMID 12770125.

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