Species Austroplebeia cincta (Mocsáry, 1898)
- Trigona cincta Mocsáry, S. 1898. in Friese, H. Die Trigona-Arten Australiens. Természetrajzi Füzetek 21: 427-431 [Date published 31/12/1898] [431].
Type data:
Holotype MNH worker, Madang (as Friedrich Wilhelmshafen), New Guinea.
Generic Combinations
- Trigona (Plebeia) cincta (Mocsáry, 1898). —
Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 [Date published 31/12/1965] [230] - Austroplebeia cincta (Mocsáry, 1898). —
Moure, J.S. 1961. A preliminary supra-specific classification of the Old World meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica ns 4: 181-242 [Date published 31/12/1961] [197]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
N Australia (no locality specified).
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Larva: sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Social insects, living in large colonies, with female reproductive and worker castes, nests of wax and resin in living or dead trunks of large (diameter 35 cm or more) trees.
General References
Dollin, A.E., Dollin, L.J. & Rasmussen, C. 2015. Australian and New Guinean Stingless Bees of the Genus Austroplebeia Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae)—a revision. Zootaxa 4047(1): 1-73 [25, Figures 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 13–17, 19–25, 28–31, 33] (redescribed, new records)
Michener, C.D. 1961. Observations on the nests and behavior of Trigona in Australia and New Guinea (Hymenoptera, Apidae). American Museum Novitates 2026: 1-46 [Date published 31/12/1961] (biology, as Trigona (Plebeia) cincta Mocsary, 1898)
Michener, C.D. 1974. The Social Behaviour of the Bees. A comparative study. Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 404 pp. [Date published 31/12/1974] (Australian record)
Michener, C.D. 1990. Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54: 75-164 [Date published 31/12/1990] (generic placement)
Moure, J.S. 1961. A preliminary supra-specific classification of the Old World meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica ns 4: 181-242 [Date published 31/12/1961] (generic placement)
Rayment, T. 1932. The stingless bees of Australia. 6. The finding of a new species. Victorian Naturalist 49: 104-107 [Date published 31/12/1932] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | Meliponini | 02-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 22-Oct-2015 | 20-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |