Species Tetragonula clypearis (Friese, 1908)
- Trigona laeviceps clypearis Friese, H. 1908. Hymenoptera. II. Apidae. Nova Guinea. pp. 353-359 pl. XV in Wichmann, A. (ed.). Résultats de L'Expedition Scientifique Néerlandaise á la Nouvelle Guinée en 1903. Leiden : E.J. Brill. [Date published 31/12/1908] [358].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown workers (number of specimens unknown), Maniki (as Manikion) and Wendesi, New Guinea. - Trigona wybenica Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9: 298-323 [Date published 31/12/1929] [300].
Type data:
Holotype USNM worker, Thursday Is., QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [209]
- Rasmussen, C. & Cameron, S.A. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of the Old World stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) and the non-monophyly of the large genus Trigona. Systematic Entomology 32: 26–39 [36]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: mellivore, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Social insects, living in large colonies, with female reproductive and worker castes, nests of wax and resin, in dead timber, in various house cavities.
General References
Dollin, A.E., Dollin, L.J. & Sakagami, S.F. 1997. Australian stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 861-896 (redescription, biology)
Dollin, L. & Dollin, A. 1983. Honeymooning in far north Queensland with Australian native bees. Australasian Beekeeper 85: 104-107 [Date published 31/12/1983] (biology, as Trigona wybenica Cockerell, 1929)
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 (Tetragona) wybenica Cockerell, 1929)
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] (biology)
Michener, C.D. 1990. Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54: 75-164 [Date published 31/12/1990] (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, as Trigona wybenica Cockerell, 1929)
Wagner, A. & Dollin, L. 1982. North Queensland's native bees—the little Aussie battlers. Australasian Beekeeper 84: 70-72 [Date published 31/12/1982] (biology, as Trigona wybenica Cockerell, 1929)
Wagner, A. & Dollin, L. 1982. Swarming in Australian native bees - help solve the mystery!. Australasian Beekeeper 84: 34-38 [Date published 31/12/1982] (biology, as Trigona wybenica Cockerell, 1929)
History of changes
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