The genus includes the following species: •
Melipona amazonica (Schulz, 1905) •
Melipona asilvai (
Moure, 1971) •
Melipona baeri (Vachal, 1904) •
Melipona beecheii (Bennett, 1831) •
Melipona belizeae (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona bicolor (Lepeletier, 1836) –
guarupu, guaraipo •
Melipona boliviana (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona brachychaeta (Moure, 1950) •
Melipona bradleyi (Schwarz, 1932) (Melipona illustris (Schwarz, 1932)) •
Melipona capixaba (Moure & Camargo, 1995) •
Melipona captiosa (Moure, 1962) •
Melipona carrikeri (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona colimana (Ayala, 1999) •
Melipona compressipes (Fabricius, 1804) –
tiúba •
Melipona compressipes manaosensis –
jupará •
Melipona costaricaensis (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona cramptoni (Cockerell, 1920) •
Melipona crinita (Moure & Kerr, 1950) •
Melipona dubia (Moure & Kerr, 1950) •
Melipona eburnea (Friese, 1900) •
Melipona fasciata (Latreille, 1811) •
Melipona fasciculata (Smith, 1854) •
Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798) •
Melipona fuliginosa (Lepeletier, 1836) •
Melipona flavolineata (Friese, 1900) •
Melipona fulva (Lepeletier, 1836) •
Melipona fuscata (Lepeletier, 1836) •
Melipona fuscopilosa (Moure & Kerr, 1950) •
Melipona fuscipes (Latreille, 1811) •
Melipona grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) •
Melipona illota (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona indecisa (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona interrupta (Latreille, 1811) –
jandaíra •
Melipona lateralis (Erichson, 1848) •
Melipona lupitae (Ayala, 1999) •
Melipona mandacaia (Smith, 1863) •
Melipona marginata (Lepeletier, 1836) –
manduri, manduri menor, mandurim, minduri, gurupu-do-miúdo, taipeira •
Melipona melanopleura (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona melanoventer (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona merrillae (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona micheneri (Schwarz, 1951) •
Melipona mimetica (Cockerell, 1914) •
Melipona mondury (Smith, 1863) •
Melipona nebulosa (Camargo, 1988) •
Melipona nigrescens (Friese, 1900) •
Melipona obscurior (Moure, 1971) •
Melipona ogilviei (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) •
Melipona panamica (Cockerell, 1919) •
Melipona paraensis (Ducke, 1916) •
Melipona peruviana (Friese, 1900) •
Melipona puncticollis (Friese, 1902) •
Melipona quadrifasciata (Lepeletier, 1836) –
mandaçaia, amanaçaia, manaçaia, "uruçu" •
M. q. anthidioides •
Melipona quinquefasciata (Lepeletier, 1836) –
mandaçaia-da-terra, mandaçaia-do-chão, uruçu-do-chão •
Melipona rufescens (Friese, 1900 ) •
Melipona ruficrus –
irapuá •
Melipona rufiventris (Lepeletier, 1836) –
uruçu-amarela, tuiuva, tujuba, bugia •
M. r. paraensis –
uruçu-boca-de-ralo •
Melipona salti (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona schwarzi (Moure, 1963) •
Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811) –
uruçu-nordestina, "uruçu" •
Melipona seminigra (Friese, 1903) •
M. s. atrofulva •
M. s. abunensis •
M. s. merrillae –
boca-de-renda •
M. s. pernigra •
Melipona solani (Cockerell, 1912) •
Melipona subnitida (Ducke, 1911) –
jandaíra •
Melipona titania (Gribodo, 1893) •
Melipona torrida (Friese, 1917) •
Melipona triplaridis (Cockerell, 1925) •
Melipona tumupasae (Schwarz, 1932) •
Melipona variegatipes (Gribodo, 1893) •
M. v. lautipes •
Melipona yucatanica (Camargo, Moure & Roubik, 1988) ==See also==