Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2000. A New Interpretation of the Oldest Fossil Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates 3296:1-12

Parent taxon: Meliponini according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023

See also Engel 2000 and Engel 2021

Sister taxa: Hypotrigonina, Meliponina

Subtaxa: Cretotrigona prisca

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Type: Trigona prisca

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, Delaware River, Kinkora (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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