Trigona

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Coined by naturalist Louis Jurine in 1807.^[1] Compare Latin trigōna (“triangular”).

Trigona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – three species of vulture bees and many other stingless bees.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Trigona (Trigona).

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily; Meliponini - tribe

• (genus): Duckeola, Frieseomelitta, Geotrigona, Tetragona, Tetragonisca, Trigona - subgenera
  • Trigona australis, Trigona hypogea - selected species

• Aparatrigona
• Apotrigona
• Axestotrigona
• Celetrigona
• Cephalotrigona
• Cleptotrigona
• †Cretotrigona
• Dolichotrigona
• Ebaiotrigona
• †Exebotrigona
• Geniotrigona
• Geotrigona
• Heterotrigona
• Homotrigona
• Hypotrigona
• Lepidotrigona
• Leurotrigona
• Liotrigona
• Lisotrigona
• Lophotrigona
• Nannotrigona
• Odontotrigona
• Oxytrigona
• Papuatrigona
• Paratrigona
• Pariotrigona
• Ptilotrigona
• Scaptotrigona
• Trichotrigona
• Trigonisca
• Wallacetrigona

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Trigona (famiglia)

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Trigona m or f by sense

1. a surname
2. a Sicilian noble family

• granito, gratino, gratinò, ingrato, targoni