Melipona beecheii Bennett, 1831 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Hymenoptera family Apidae genus Melipona species Melipona beecheii Name Synonyms Melipona beecheii obscuripes (Friese, 1917) Melipona fulvipes Guérin-Méneville, 1835 Melipona nigripes Friese, 1900 Trigona fulvipes obscuripes Friese, 1917 Trigona ligata Say, 1837 Homonyms Melipona beecheii Bennett, 1831