Trigona (genus)

Trigona
Trigona spinipes Trigona spinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Superfamily: Apoidea Family: Apidae Subfamily: Apinae Tribe: Meliponini Genus: Trigona Jurine, 1807
Subgenera
Duckeola Frieseomelitta Geotrigona Heterotrigona Homotrigona Lepidotrigona Papuatrigona Tetragona Tetragonisca Trigona Trigonisca

Trigona is the largest genus of stingless bees, formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been elevated to generic status. There are approximately 150 species presently included in the genus, in 11 subgenera. They differ from those groups now excluded in only minor structural details, primarily of the hind leg.

Range

Trigona species occur throughout the Neotropical region, and also throughout the Indo-Australian region; as presently defined, no members of the genus occur in Africa.