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Trigona fuscipennis
Yves Basset, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons

Ants, bees & wasps

Trigona fuscipennis

Names

English—
Dutch—
SpanishAbeja sin aguijón
Chinese—
Scientific nameTrigona fuscipennis Friese, 1900

About this species

Trigona fuscipennis is a stingless bee species that originates in Mexico but is also found in Central and South America. They are an advanced eusocial group of bees and play a key role as pollinators in wet rainforests. The species has many common names, including mapaitero, sanharó, abelha-brava, xnuk, k'uris-kab, enreda, corta-cabelo, currunchos, zagaño, and enredapelos.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyApidae
GenusTrigona

In Suriname

8Records in Suriname
1993First record
1998Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini7

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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