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Table 2 Stingless bees species cited by the Enawene-Nawe with scientific identification.

From: The traditional knowledge on stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponina) used by the Enawene-Nawe tribe in western Brazil

Enawene-Nawe Name

Indigenous name

Scientific Name

Irikayti

tu

Trigona dallatorreana

Koretosero

mandassaia

Melipona quinquefasciata

 

-

Melipona schwarzi

 

-

Melipona illustris

 

-

Melipona seminigra abunensis

Kayalakase

Borá

Tetragona clavipes

Lorese

Tubuna

Scaptotrigona sp., Scaptotrigona bipunctata

Yolotare ou Loreseri.

Jatahy

Tetragonisca angustula

Tahadodoya

Bora

Tetragona goettei, Tetragona aff. dorsalis

Tahõhõ

Dog bee

Trigona branneri

Waykywane

Mombuca

Geotrigona mattogrossensis

Yamayriri

Sanharó

Trigona cilipes pellucida, Trigona truculenta

Kulata

-

Duckeola ghilianii

 

-

Frieseomelitta trichocerata

 

-

Scaura latitarsis

 

Miri

Plebeia sp.