Tetragonula clypearis (Friese, 1909)

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 34-35

Tetragonula clypearis (Friese, 1909)

Trigona laeviceps variety clypearis Friese 1909 ("1908"): 356, 358, fig. 15-3: Unknown; paralectotype (ZMHB (1)) (distribution, taxonomy); Type locality: INDONESIA (IRIAN JAYA) "Manikion, 14.-28. Februar 1903 "; "Wendesi 29. Juni 1903, New Guinea" (worker); Friese 1909: 275; Moure 1961: 209 (systematic position); Michener 1961: 34 (synonymy); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Wille & Michener 1973: 13, 24, 47, 58, 70, 94 (nest); Michener 1974: 331, 343 (nest); Starr & Sakagami 1987: 97 (citation); Sakagami et al. 1990: 129 (comparative note); Cardale 1993: 322 (distribution); AUS- TRALIA, NE coastal; Queensland; Ikudome & Kusigemati 1996: 17, 19-20 (common name (bai), distribution, nest, taxonomy); PALAU ISLANDS; Dollin 1996b: (nest); Dollin et al. 1997: (distribution, nest, revision, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, Queensland; INDONESIA, Ambon (probably distinct species); "NEW GUINEA"; PHILIPPINES (probably distinct species); Dollin 1997: (characteristics); Heard & Dollin 2000: (bee-keeping); Green et al. 2001: 91 (microsatellite); Palmer et al. 2002: (maternity); Dollin 2002a: (bee-keeping); Franck et al. 2004: (genetics, microsatellite); Tóth et al. 2004: 6 (citation); Sung et al. 2004: 268 (citation); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Klumpp 2007: 4, 5, 82; Wallace et al. 2008: (dispersal, pollination); Floral record: Corymbia torelliana .

Trigona wybenica Cockerell 1929d: 300 : Holotype (USNM 54960, worker): examined; paratypes (BMNH (1), QM (3), ZMHB (1)) (common name (wyben), nest, taxonomy); Type locality: AUSTRALIA "Thursday island" (worker); Cockerell 1930b: 150 (taxonomy); Rayment 1932f: 107 (taxonomy); Rayment 1935: 735, 738 (distribution, key to species); Cockerell 1939b: 133 (pest (crawling into hair)); Moure 1961: 209 (morphology, synonymy); Michener 1961: 10, 34-36, 38, 39, 40, 42 (aggressiveness, nest); Michener 1964: 236 (nest); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Wille & Michener 1973: 13 (synonymy); Wagner & Dollin 1982b: (swarming); Wagner & Dollin 1982c; Sakagami et al. 1983a: 106 (comparative note); Dollin & Dollin 1983: (nest); Cardale 1993: 322 (synonymy); Dollin et al. 1997: (revision, synonymy, taxonomy); Dollin 1997: (characteristics); Crane 1999: 89.