Trigona (Tetragonula)
| Tetragonula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Apinae |
| Tribe: | Meliponini |
| Genus: | Trigona |
| Subgenus: | Tetragonula |
Tetragonula is a subgenera of the genus Trigona. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert, Professor J.S. Moure, first proposed the genus name Tetragonula. It was an effort to improve the classification system by dividing the Trigona stingless bees into 9 smaller subgenera. The subgenus Tetragonula includes about 30 other stingless bee species that are found in Oceania, in countries such as Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, and The Solomon Islands.
Species
- Tetragonula carbonaria
- Tetragonula clypearis
- Tetragonula davenporti
- Tetragonula hockingsi
- Tetragonula mellipes
- Tetragonula sapiens
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