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Meliponina

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Meliponina was named by Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (1835). It is extant. Its type is Melipona.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Meliponina Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau p. 407
2021Meliponina Engel p. 19
2023Meliponina Engel et al.

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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
subtribeMeliponina

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. Meliponina Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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Unr. Meliponitae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Melipona Iliger 1806
G. Nogueirapis Moure 1953
G. Plebeia Schwarz 1938
G. Proplebeia Michener 1982
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†Proplebeia abdita Greco and Engel 2011
†Proplebeia dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Proplebeia silacea Wille 1959
†Proplebeia tantilla Camargo et al. 2000
†Proplebeia vetusta Camargo et al. 2000
G. Tetragona Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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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 (Trigona) Jurine 1807
Unr. Trigoniscitae Engel 2021
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G. †Exebotrigona Engel and Michener 2013
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†Exebotrigona velteni Engel and Michener 2013
G. Trigonisca Moure 1950
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Subg. Trigonisca (Trigonisca) Moure 1950
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Invalid names: Trigonisca ameliae Penney 2013 [synonym]
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 (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrapis palmnickenensis (123771) Trigona eocenica (123757)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Exebotrigona velteni (150773)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Trigona silacea (138882 140313)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Proplebeia abdita (123422) Proplebeia dominicana (122472) Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia vetusta, Proplebeia tantilla (122982) Trigona dominicana (139308 146557)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Trigonisca ameliae (140185)