Table 1 Stingless bees general purpose classification. The table shows the identity of generic folk taxa (1st column), number (2nd column) and the identity of specific folk taxa (3rd column), and characteristic contrasts used by the Criollos for grouping and differentiating etnotaxa (4th column). See an example of how to interpret the table, in footnotes

carabozá (22)

Trigona spinipies [1:1]

irapuá (20), carabozá negro (3) irapuá negro (2)

2-3 (4-3)

carabozá amarillo (3)

Tetragona clavipes

Aggressiveness

Colour/nesting substrate

carabozá marrón (1)

corta pelo (3)

cabichui amarillo (1)

cabichui (1)

carabozá de madera (1)

Scaptotrigona spp.

abeklack ^b (1)

iratín (17)

Lestrimelitta spp. [1:2 o 3]

veintecinco puertas (2)

2 (1)

iratín amarillo (1)

Tetragona clavipes

Group generalities

Colour

sesenta puertas (1)

abeja limón (1)

mandurí (21)

Melipona torrida [1:1]

mandurí de madera (6)

2-3 (5-1)

manduri de tierra (1)

Schwarziana cuadripunctata

Group generalities

Colour/nesting substrate

mandurí amarillo (1)

Tetragona clavipes

1 Var. (1)

mandurí de madera grande (1)

Melipona torrida

Body shape/color/behavior

Size

mandurí de madera chico (1)

mirí (38)

Plebeia spp. [1: 2 o 3]

mirín (1) miní (1)

2 (4)

mirí guazú (1)

Nannotrigona sp.

Group generalities/size^a

Size

mirí de tierra (1)

Schwarziana cuadripunctata

Group generalities

Nesting substrate

2-3 Var (9- 3)

mirí chico (4)

Plebeia spp.

Size/body shape/general behavior

Size/Nesting substrate

mirí guazú (4)

mirí de piedra (1)

mirí de madera (1)

tobuna (10)

Scaptotrigona spp. [1: 2]

tapezuá (3)

2 (1)

tobuna amarilla

Tetragona clavipes

Aggressiveness

Colour

tobuna negra (1)

culo de burro (1)

pao de boi (1)

yateí (67)

Tetragonisca fiebrigi [1:1]

goldbiene ^b (1)

2 (6)

yateí guazú (2), yateison (4),

Tetragona clavipes

Body shape/colour

Size

2-3 Var (12-1)

yateí chico, yateí grande, yateí negro, yateí amarillo

Tetragonisca fiebrigi

Size/body shape/general behavior

Size/Colour

cagafuego (4)

Oxytrigona tataira ^c [1:1]

-

Behavior (sting types)

Colour/Size/general morphology

borá (20)

Tetragona clavipes [1:1]

yateison or yateí guazú (6)

-

-

-

-

-

ebora (2)

abeja del suelo (15)

Schwarziana cuadripunctata [1:1]

guira (5), uruzú (4)

-

-

-

-

-

mandasaia (28)

Melipona quadrifasciata [1:1]

-

-

-

-

-

-

mambuca (13)

Cephalotrigona capitata [1:1]

-

-

-

-

-

-

guaraipo (20)

Melipona bicolor [1:1]

-

-

-

-

-

-