Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898 )

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Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898 )
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Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898) View in CoL

Trigona birói Friese 1898: 428 View in CoL , 429: Syntypes (ZMHB, 2 workers): examined, "N. Guinea / Biró 96", "Friedrich- / Wilh.-hafen", " Trigona View in CoL / biroi / det. Friese 1897" (1 worker); "Philippinen / Schadenberg", " Trigona View in CoL / biroi / det. Friese 1897 / n.sp.", "Coll. / Friese" (1 worker) (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: PHILIPPINES "Philippinen (Schadenburg)" (few workers); "N-Guinea (Berlinhafen und Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, 1896 Biró" (3 workers); Cockerell 1905: 220 (synonymy); Ashmead 1905: 957 (citation, distribution); PHILIPPINES; Brown 1906: 686 (distribution); PHILIPPINES; Friese 1909: 272, 273, 274 (key to species, taxonomy); PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Erima; Simbang; Strand 1911: 87 (synonymy); Cockerell 1912: 225 (comparative notes); Cockerell 1919c: 77, 79 (comparative notes, floral record, key to species); PHILIPPINES, Bataan, Lamao; Luzon, Los Banos; Floral record: Nipa fruticans ; Cockerell 1925c: 53, 55 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Bangui, Ilocos norte; Limay; Cockerell & LeVeque 1925: 175 (distribution, floral record); PHILIPPINES, Loquilocon; Samar; Wright (former Paranas); Floral record: Citrus View in CoL ; Melicope triphylla View in CoL ; Mimosa pudica View in CoL ; Hedicke 1926: 423 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Luzon; Mindanao; Siargao; Williams 1928: 91-92 (nest); Cockerell 1929d: 301 (comparative note (as birsi! )); Cockerell 1930a: 157 (distribution, floral record, uncertain identity); CAMBODIA, Tung Nui (misidentification); Satul (misidentification); Floral record: Melastoma malabaricum ; Schwarz 1939a: 85, 86, 90, 101, 119-120* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Floral record: Citrus View in CoL ; Melicope triphylla View in CoL ; Mimosa pudica View in CoL ; Nipa fruticans ; Moure 1961: 209 (systematic position); Michener 1961: 28 (comparative note); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Baltazar 1966: 406-407 (distribution); PHILIP- PINES, Luzon, Bataan; Ilocos Norte; Laguna; Masbate, Samar; Nueva Vizcaya; Siargao; Mindanao, Lanao; Starr & Sakagami 1987: 97 (citation); Camargo 1988: 371 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Luzon, Mt. Makiling; Cervancia & Barile 1993: (foraging, nest); Floral record: Asystasia gangetica View in CoL ; Callistemon citrinus View in CoL ; Dillenia suffruticosa View in CoL ; Jatropha podagrica View in CoL ; Mussaenda View in CoL ; Nerine View in CoL ; Nicotiana tabacum View in CoL ; Plumbago auriculata ; Roubik 1995: 151 (antropogenic nest); Barile & Cervancia 1995: (ecology, flight, floral record, foraging, nest); Floral record: Antigonon leptopus ; Asystasia gangetica View in CoL ; Callistemon citrinus View in CoL ; Coccinia View in CoL ; Cocos nucifera View in CoL ; Dillenia suffruticosa View in CoL ; Euphorbia pulcherrima View in CoL ; Galphimia glauca View in CoL ; Hamelia patens View in CoL ; Impatiens balsamina View in CoL ; Ixora View in CoL ; Jatropha hastata View in CoL ; Jatropha podagrica View in CoL ; Leucaena leucocephala View in CoL ; Mussaenda View in CoL ; Nerine View in CoL ; Nicotiana tabacum View in CoL ; Plumbago auriculata ; Dollin et al. 1997: 877 (comparative note, distribution); PHILIPPINES; New Guinea; Oshy & Arikumar 2000: 1651 (pollination); Floral record: Bambusa vulgaris View in CoL ; Koshy et al. 2001: (see iridipennis View in CoL ); Cortopassi-Laurino et al. 2006: 303 (citation (as biro! )); Slaa et al. 2006: 303 (citation (as biro! )); Temaru et al. 2007: 282, 284 (honey properties).

Trigona bismarkiana Tadauchi et al. 1998: 245 : Nomen nudum. The name is unavailable for taxonomic purposes, as no description or definition of the taxon was provided (ICZN, art. 15.1) (type depositories).

Ashmead, W. H. (1905) Additions to the recorded hymenopterous fauna of the Philippine islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28, 957 - 971.

Baltazar, C. R. (1966) A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758 - 1963). Pacific Insects Monograph, 8, 1 - 488.

Barile, G. E. & Cervancia, C. R. (1995) Foraging and nesting behavior of Trigona biroi Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Philippine Entomologist, 9, 555 - 566.

Brown, R. E. (1906) A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Philippine Journal of Science, 1, 683 - 695.

Camargo, J. M. F. (1988) Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da colecao do Instituto di entomologia agraria , Portici, Italia. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 32, 351 - 374.

Cervancia, C. R. & Barile, G. E. (1993). Foraging behaviour of Trigona biroi Friese (Apidae: Hymenoptera. In: G. K. Veeresh, R. U. Shaanker & K. N. Ganashaiah (Eds.), Pollination in tropics. Proceedings of the international symposium on pollination in tropics, IUSSI, Bangalore, pp. 78 - 80.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905) Descriptions and records of bees. - I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [7] 16, 216 - 225.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912) Descriptions and records of bees. - XLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [8] 9, 220 - 229.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919 c) The social bees of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 14, 77 - 81.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1925 c) Some Philippine bees. Philippine Journal of Science, 26, 53 - 55.

Cockerell, T. D. A. & LeVeque, N. (1925) Bees from Samar, Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 27, 169 - 175.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1929 d) Bees in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 9, 298 - 323 [stingless bee section should be read; 299,301,300].

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1930 a) Descriptions and records of bees. - CXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [10] 5, 156 - 163.

Dollin, A. E., Dollin, L. J., & Sakagami, S. F. (1997) Australian stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 11, 861 - 896.

Friese, H. (1898) Die Trigona - Arten Australiens. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 21, 427 - 431.

Hedicke, H. (1926) Beitrage zur Apidenfauna der Philippinen (Hym.). (2. Beitrag zur Kenntnis orientalischer Apiden). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1926, 413 - 423.

Koshy, K. C., Harikumar, D., & Narendran, T. C. (2001) Insect visits to some bamboos of the Western Ghats, India. Current Science (India), 81, 833 - 838.

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.

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.

Moure, J. S. (1961) A preliminary supra-specific classification of the old world meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica, 4, 181 - 242.

Oshy, K. C. K. & Arikumar, D. H. (2000) Flowering incidences and breeding system in Bambusa vulgaris. Current Science (India), 79, 1650 - 1652.

Roubik, D. W., ed. (1995) Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Vol. 118, pp x + 1 - 196. FAO, Rome.

Schwarz, H. F. (1939 a) The Indo-Malayan species of Trigona. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76, 83 - 141.

Slaa, E. J., Chaves, L. A. S., Malagodi-Braga, K. S., & Hofstede, F. E. (2006) Stingless bees in applied pollination: practice and perspectives. Apidologie, 37, 293 - 315.

Starr, C. K. & Sakagami, S. F. (1987) An extraordinary concentration of stingless bee colonies in the Philippines, with notes on nest structure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Trigona spp.). Insectes Sociaux, 34, 96 - 107.

Strand, E. (1911) Zur Kenntnis papuanischer und australischer Hymenopteren, insbesondere Schlupfwespen. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 5, 86 - 87.

Tadauchi, O., Ito, M., Kojima, J. - I., & Toda, M. J. (1998) Species and subspecies described by the late professor Dr. Sh. F. Sakagami (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University, 2, 229 - 246.

Temaru, E., Shimura, S., Amano, K., & Karasawa, T. (2007) Antibacterial activity of honey from stingless honeybees (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Meliponinae). Polish Journal of Microbiology, 56, 281 - 285.

Williams, F. X. (1928) The natural history of a Philippine nipa house with descriptions of new wasps. Philippine Journal of Science, 35, 53 - 118.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Tetragonula