Subgenus Scaptotrigona Moure, s.str.

Trigona (Scaptotrigona) Moure, 1942: 315 .

Type species: Trigona postica Latreille, 1807, by original designation.

This is the most widespread and diverse group of species in Scaptotrigona (Appendix), and corresponds to the postica species group sensu Engel (2022a, 2022b). A key to the first part of this subgenus was provided by Engel (2022b) .