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Tetragonula
Sign in to saveTetragonula is a genus of stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert J.S. Moure first proposed the genus name Tetragonula to improve the classification system by dividing the large genus Trigona stingless bees into 9 smaller groups. About 30 stingless bee species formerly placed in the genus Trigona are now placed in the genus Tetragonula. These bees are found in Oceania, in countries such as Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, and the Solomon Islands. The most recent tabulation of species listed 35 species.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyApidae
Tetragonula es un género de abejas sin aguijón (tribu Meliponini de la familia Apidae). En 1961 el experto brasilero en abejas melipónidas, Profesor J.S. Moure, propuso el nombre del género Tetragonula para mejorar el sistema de clasificación del numeroso género Trigona, subdividiéndo a éste en 9 grupos menores. Alrededor de 30 especies que antes eran parte de Trigona fueron colocadas ahora en Tetragonula. Estas abejas se encuentran en Oceanía, en países como Australia, Indonesia, Nueva Guinea, Malasia, Tailandia, Filipinas, India, Sri Lanka y las Islas Salomón. Se considera que hay 31 especies.
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- 3,072
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- 3
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- Apidae
- Collections
- USNM, KU
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia
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Tetragonula is a genus of stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert J.S. Moure first proposed the genus name Tetragonula to improve the classification system by dividing the large genus Trigona stingless bees into 9 smaller groups. About 30 stingless bee species formerly placed in the genus Trigona are now placed in the genus Tetragonula. These bees are found in Oceania, in countries such as Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, and the Solomon Islands. The most recent tabulation of species listed 35 species.
==Species== Tetragonula Tetragonula ashishi (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022) Tetragonula atripes (Smith, 1857) Tetragonula bengalensis (Cameron, 1897) Tetragonula biroi (Friese, 1898) Tetragonula carbonaria (Smith, 1854) Tetragonula clypearis (Friese, 1908) Tetragonula collina (Smith, 1857) Tetragonula dapitanensis (Cockerell, 1925) Tetragonula davenporti (Franck, 2004) Tetragonula drescheri (Schwarz, 1939) Tetragonula florilega (Engel, 2021) Tetragonula fuscibasis (Cockerell, 1920) Tetragonula fuscobalteata (Cameron, 1908) Tetragonula geissleri (Cockerell, 1918) Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami, 1978) Tetragonula hirashimai (Sakagami, 1978) Tetragonula hockingsi (Cockerell, 1929) Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith, 1854) Tetragonula laeviceps (Smith, 1857) Tetragonula malaipanae (Engel, Michener, & Boontop, 2017) Tetragonula melanocephala (Gribodo, 1893) Tetragonula melina (Gribodo, 1893) Tetragonula mellipes (Friese, 1898) Tetragonula minangkabau (Sakagami & Inoue, 1985) Tetragonula minor (Sakagami, 1978) Tetragonula pagdeni (Schwarz, 1939) Tetragonula pagdeniformis (Sakagami, 1978) Tetragonula penangensis (Cockerell, 1919) Tetragonula praeterita (Walker, 1860) Tetragonula reepeni (Friese, 1918) Tetragonula rufibasalis (Cockerell, 1918) Tetragonula ruficornis (Smith, 1870) Tetragonula sapiens (Cockerell, 1911) Tetragonula sarawakensis (Schwarz, 1937) Tetragonula shishirae (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022) Tetragonula shubhami (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022) Tetragonula sirindhornae (Michener & Boongird, 2004) Tetragonula sumae (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022) Tetragonula testaceitarsis (Cameron, 1901) Tetragonula vikrami (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022) Tetragonula zucchii (Sakagami, 1978)
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