← Back

Long-winged Toothed Stingless Bee

Trigona nigerrima

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Apidae

Trigona is one of the largest genera of stingless bees, comprising about 32 species, exclusively occurring in the New World, and formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been elevated to generic status. Range Trigona species occur throughout the Neotropical region, including South and Central America, the Mexican lowlands, and the Caribbean islands. They can occur in forests, savannas, and man made environments.

Distribution

(c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Grete Pasch · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 19