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Tetragona

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Trigona (Tetragona) was named by Lepeletier and Serville (1828). It is extant.

It was reranked as Tetragona by Kerr and da Cunha (1976) and Engel (2021).

It was assigned to Trigona by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Meliponini by Kerr and da Cunha (1976); and to Meliponitae by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Trigona (Tetragona) Lepeletier and Serville
1976Tetragona Kerr and da Cunha
1976Trigona (Tetragona) Zeuner and Manning p. 221
2021Tetragona Engel p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
Apiti
CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeMeliponina
Meliponitae
genusTetragona(Lepeletier and Serville 1828)

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. Tetragona Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available