Species Tetragonula sapiens (Cockerell, 1911)
- Trigona sapiens Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. The bees of the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 160-178 [Date published 31/12/1911] [176].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC, Solomon Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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
Extra Distribution Information
Moluccas.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
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 tree trunks, inside stone walls, under concrete footpaths or in natural rock crevices.
General References
Cardale, J.C. in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds) 1993. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hymenoptera: Apoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 10 x, 406 pp. (Australian records as Trigona (Heterotrigona) laeviceps Smith, 1857))
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 301-308 [Date published 31/12/1905] (as Trigona canifrons Smith, 1857)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Australian bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7: 257-279 [Date published 31/12/1922] (distribution, as T. laeviceps)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Bees from the Australian region. American Museum Novitates 346: 1-18 [Date published 31/12/1929] (distribution, as T. laeviceps)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 6: 137-156, 205-236 [Date published 31/12/1930] (taxonomy, as T. laeviceps)
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, identification, biology, attributed all Australian records of T. (Heterotrigona) laeviceps to T. sapiens)
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)
Inoue, T., Sakagami, S.F., Salmah, S. & Nukmal, N. 1984. Discovery of successful absconding in the stingless bee Trigona (Tetragonula) laeviceps. Journal of Apicultural Research 23: 136-142 [Date published 31/12/1984] (biology)
Inoue, T., Sakagami, S.F., Salmah, S. & Yamane, S. 1984. The process of colony multiplication in the Sumatran stingless bee Trigona (Tetragonula) laeviceps. Biotropica 16: 100-111 [Date published 31/12/1984] (biology)
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] (as Trigona (Tetragona) laeviceps Smith, 1857)
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] (as Tetragonula laeviceps (Smith, 1857))
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 T. laeviceps)
Sakagami, S.F. 1978. Tetragonula stingless bees of the Continental Asia and Sri Lanka (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series VI. Zoology 21: 165-247 [Date published 31/12/1978] (taxonomy)
Sakagami, S.F., Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. 1983. Nest architecture and colony composition of the Sumatran stingless bee Trigona laeviceps. Kontyû 51: 100-111 [Date published 31/12/1983] (biology)
Sakagami, S.F., Yamane, S. & Inoue, T. 1983. Oviposition behavior of two southeast Asian stingless bees, Trigona (Tetragonula) laeviceps and T. (T.) pagdeni. Kontyû 51: 441-457 [Date published 31/12/1983] (biology)
Salmah, S., Inoue, T. & Sakagami, S.F. 1984. Relationship between age sequence and pigmentation in the stingless bee Trigona (Tetragonula) laeviceps. Journal of Apicultural Research 23: 55-58 [Date published 31/12/1984] (biology)
Wille, A. 1977. A general review of the fossil stingless bees. Revista de Biología Tropical 25: 43-46 [Date published 31/12/1977] (as synonym)
History of changes
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| 29-Aug-2012 | ADDED |