Clade Hypotrigonitae Engel 2021 (stingless bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Stingless bees in Miocene amber of southeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 105:1-83
Parent taxon: Hypotrigonina according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Engel 2021
Sister taxa: Heterotrigonitae, Meliponorytes
Subtaxa: Adactylurina Austroplebeia Axestotrigona Dactylurina Hypotrigona Kelneriapis Liotrigona Liotrigonopsis
Type: Trigona (Hypotrigona)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (4 collections)
• Miocene of China (1), Ethiopia (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections including 10 occurrences