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Trigona

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Trigona was named by Jurine (1807). It is extant.

It was reranked as Melipona (Trigona) by Vachal (1903).

It was assigned to Melipona by Vachal (1903); to Meliponinae by Cockerell (1908); to Meliponini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Sakagami (1978); to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Meliponitae by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Trigona Jurine p. 245
1903Melipona (Trigona) Vachal p. 359
1908Trigona Cockerell p. 327
1976Trigona Zeuner and Manning p. 216
1978Trigona Sakagami p. 165
1992Trigona Carpenter
2021Trigona Engel p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeMeliponina
—Meliponitae
genusTrigona

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trigona Jurine 1807
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Subg. Trigona (Hypotrigona) Cockerell 1934
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†Trigona (Hypotrigona) dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Subg. †Trigona (Kelneriapis) Sakagami 1978
Subg. Trigona (Liotrigona) Moure 1961
Subg. †Trigona (Roussyana) Manning 1960
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Subg. Trigona (Trigona) Jurine 1807
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrapis palmnickenensis (123771) T. eocenica (123757)