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Heller's Stingless Bee
Partamona helleri
Partamona helleri, the Heller's stingless bee, is a species of stingless bee from Brazil. It is an aggressive species of bee, when threatened it coils around the victim's hair and fur, in addition to nibbling the skin with its mandibles.
From the article Partamona helleri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It occurs in the neotropical region of Brazil, from the south region to the northeast region in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sergipe and São Paulo.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 512494.