Tetragonilla atripes ( Smith, 1857 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 28

Tetragonilla atripes ( Smith, 1857)

Trigona atripes Smith 1857: 50 : Type (OUMNH (=Wilson Saunders collection)) (taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA " Malacca (Mt. Ophir)" (worker); Smith 1871: 395 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Malacca; Dalla Torre 1896: 576 (citation); Bingham 1897: 560, 561 (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); MALAYSIA, Malacca; MYANMAR, Mergui, S Tenasserim; Friese 1901: 271 (comparative note); Bingham 1905: 59 (citation, distribution); Friese 1909: 277 (comparative note); Friese 1918: 520 (taxonomy); INDONESIA, Sumatra, Tandjong Slamat; Cockerell 1919c: 78, 79 (comparative note); Cockerell 1923: 240 (key to species); Cockerell 1927: 541 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Selangor, Pahang, near Genting, Sempat, Hill stream; Schwarz 1939a: 85, 90, 93, 94, 95, 121-123*, 124 (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Floral record: Citrus limon ; Schwarz 1948: 117, 290; Moure 1961: 210, 211 (morphology, systematic position); Yoshikawa et al. 1969: 173 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur; George Town, Penang; Touaran, Sabah; Sakagami 1975: 59 * (distribution); MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Sakagami 1978: 230 (comparative note); Wille 1979b: 273 (citation, illustration); Wille 1979a: (morphology (pollen press)); Appanah 1982: (pollination); MALAYSIA, Negri Sembiran, Pasoh Forest Reserve; Floral record: Xerospermum intermedium ; Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution, key to species); Kiew 1985: (luring (unwashed shorts)); Sakagami & Khoo 1987: 207, 208, 209 (comparative note); Uji 1987: (pollination); INDONESIA, E Kalimantan; Floral record: Nephelium lappaceum ; Camargo 1988: 371 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Malacca; Roubik 1989: 133, 417; Michener 1990: 105, 126 (illustration, morphology, systematic position); Sakagami et al. 1990: (distribution, key to species); MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Salmah et al. 1990: (distribution, nest); INDONESIA, Sumatera Barat; Inoue et al. 1990b: (population); Yong 1991: (biochemistry); Michener & Roubik 1993: 260 (comparative note, morphology); Yong 1993: 54 (biochemistry); Cunha 1994: (systematics); Bruijn & Sommeijer 1997: 44 (citation); Michener 1997: 57 (type species); Liow 1999: 127; Michener 2000: 801; Chinajariyawong & Saiboon 2000: (distribution, nest); THAILAND, Songkhla; San & Osawa 2002: (population); MALAY- SIA, Negri Sembiran, Pasoh Forest Reserve; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 76 (distribution, foraging); Klakasikorn et al. 2005: 6 (citation); Inson & Malaipan 2006: (distribution, foraging, nest); THAI- LAND, Kanchanaburi, Thong Pha Phum; Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Michener 2007a: 826.