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Schwarziana quadripunctata
''Schwarziana qruadripunctata'' is a small, stingless bee found in a stretch of the South American Amazon from Goiás, Brazil, through Paraguay, to Misiones, Argentina.〔Michener, C.D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.〕 This highly eusocial insect constructs earthen nests in the subterranean level of the subtropical environment, an unusual feature among other stingless bees. The species ranges in sizes from 6.0 to 7.5 millimeters and feeds on a diverse diet of flowering plants found abundantly on the forest floor, including guacatonga (''Casearia sylvestris'') and the mistletoe species ''Struthanthus concinnus''.
== Taxonomy and phylogeny ==
''S. quadripunctata'' was first described by the French entomologist and former president of the French Entomologist Society Amédéé Louis Michel le Peletier in 1836. Although originally placed in the genus ''Trigona'', more recent taxonomic evaluations have since placed it under its current genus, following the 1943 work of Padre J.S. Moure,〔 occasionally referred to as “the Father of Brazilian Bee Taxonomy." However, some still consider the term ''Schwarziana'' as a subgenus rather than genus and instead incorrectly classify it under the closely related genus ''Plebeia''.
The closest relative of ''S. quadripunctata'' is the species ''S. mourei'', determined through morphological and genetic evidence collected in the early twenty-first century. Until recently (2015) it was believed that these were the only two existing species under the genus ''Schwarziana'' in the world. However, two more species were discovered in the high altitude environment of South America – ''S. bocainensis'' in southeastern Brazil and ''S. chapadensis'' in central Brazi.
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