Trigona crassipes
| Trigona crassipes | |
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| Trigona crassipes feeding on Ephebopus cyanognathus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Trigona |
| Species: | T. crassipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Trigona crassipes (Fabricius, 1793)
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Trigona crassipes is an obligately necrophagous bee found in Brazil (regions like Amazonas, Rio Ipixuna, and Purus), French Guiana, Suriname, British Guiana, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. This species is the largest out of all three vulture bee species.