Review of Trigona (Nostotrigona) Engel, 2021 from Brazil with description of three new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini).

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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil.

Published: June 2023

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  • Trigona Jurine is a genus of stingless bees found mainly in the Amazon, and it includes the newly described subgenus T. (Nostotrigona).
  • Three new species within this subgenus have been identified: T. daianeae, T. juvenili, and T. mandaloriana.
  • The study also includes new records for T. permodica in Brazil and provides a distribution map for the T. (Nostotrigona) species.

Article Abstract

Trigona Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) is a Neotropical genus of stingless bees that is most diverse in the Amazon biome. The subgenus T. (Nostotrigona) was recently described and contains the taxa of the T. recursa species-group. In the present study, three new species of this subgenus are described: T. daianeae sp. nov., T. juvenili sp. nov., and T. mandaloriana sp. nov., including new records of T. permodica Almeida, 1992 for Brazil. A distribution map for T. (Nostotrigona) species are also provided.

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