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Hypotrigonina

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Hypotrigonina was named by Engel (2021). It is extant. Its type is Trigona (Hypotrigona).

It was assigned to Meliponini by Engel (2021) and Engel et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Hypotrigonina Engel p. 16
2023Hypotrigonina Engel et al. p. 278

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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()
subtribeHypotrigonina
subtribeHypotrigonina

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.

Subtr. Hypotrigonina Engel 2021
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Unr. Heterotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. Tetragonula Moure 1961
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Subg. Tetragonula (Tetragonula) Moure 1961
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Invalid names: Meliponorytes devictus Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Unr. Hypotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. †Adactylurina Engel 2023
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†Adactylurina aethiopica Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. Austroplebeia Moure 1961
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G. Axestotrigona Moure 1961
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G. Dactylurina Cockerell 1934
G. Hypotrigona Cockerell 1934
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Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti 1884
†Hypotrigona kleineri Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022
G. †Kelneriapis Sakagami 1978
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†Kelneriapis eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Invalid names: Kelnermelia Moure 1978 [synonym]
G. Liotrigona Moure 1961
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G. †Liotrigonopsis Engel 2001
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†Liotrigonopsis rozeni Engel 2001
G. †Meliponorytes Tosi 1896
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†Meliponorytes sicula Tosi 1896
†Meliponorytes succini Tosi 1896
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Liotrigonopsis rozeni (123493)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Liotrigona aethiopica (231011)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Tetragonula sp., Austroplebeia sp. (220273)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Meliponorytes succini, Meliponorytes sicula (123432)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Myanmar Meliponorytes devictus, Trigona laeviceps (151870)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Hypotrigona gribodoi, Axestotrigona kitingae, Hypotrigona kleineri, Liotrigona bouyssoui (224996) Liotrigona vetula (151869) Trigona gribodoi, Trigona erythra (123991)