Trigona (genus)

Trigona

Trigona spinipes

Trigona spinipes

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Animalia

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Phylum:  | Arthropoda

Class:  | Insecta

Order:  | Hymenoptera

Superfamily:  | Apoidea

Family:  | Apidae

Subfamily:  | Apinae

Tribe:  | Meliponini

Genus:  | Trigona
Jurine, 1807
Subgenera

Duckeola
Frieseomelitta
Geotrigona
Heterotrigona
Homotrigona
Lepidotrigona
Papuatrigona
Tetragona
Tetragonisca
Trigona
Trigonisca

Trigona is the largest genus of stingless bees, formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been elevated to generic status[1]. There are approximately 150 species presently included in the genus, in 11 subgenera. They differ from those groups now excluded in only minor structural details, primarily of the hind leg.

## Range

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Trigona species occur throughout the Neotropical region, and also throughout the Indo-Australian region; as presently defined, no members of the genus occur in Africa.

## References

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1. ↑ Michener, C.D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press