Tetragonula fuscobalteata ( Cameron, 1908 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 36-38

Tetragonula fuscobalteata ( Cameron, 1908)

Trigona atomella Cockerell 1919b: 243-244 : Holotype (USNM 29467, worker): examined, "Island of / Penang / Baker", "Type No. / 29467 / U.S.N.M.", " Trigona / atomella / Ckll TYPE"); 2 paratypes (USNM) (comparative notes, taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Island of Penang (Baker, 9585)" (worker); Cockerell 1920a: 116 (comparative note); Cockerell 1929c: 590 (distribution, ecology ("found clinging to the leg of a large green cicada ( Platylomia spiculata (= Dundubia spiculata ): Cicadidae : Hemiptera )")); CAMBODIA, Pahtoop Mt.; Cockerell 1930a: 157 (distribution, ecology (attracted to sweat)); CAMBO- DIA, Chun Het; Trang; Yasumatsu 1935: 94 (common name (mitsubachi), distribution); PALAU ISLANDS; Esaki 1936: 44, 46-37 (common name (galadngikl; chaladngikl; mitsubachi), nest); PALAU ISLANDS; Schwarz 1937: 290, 310, 311*, 316, 328 (taxonomy); Schwarz 1939a: 107, 108 (synonymy); Schwarz 1939b: 152 (synonymy); Cockerell 1939a: 61, 62, 64 (distribution ("presumably introduced by man")); PALAU ISLANDS, Melekeiok on Babelthuap; Ngeremlengui, Ogiwal; Schwarz 1948: 69, 117; Krombein 1950: 133 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 209 (morphology, systematic position); Sakagami 1978: 223, 224 (synonymy); Camargo 1988: 371 (synonymy, taxonomy); Sakagami et al. 1990: 128 (synonymy).

Trigona brevis Friese 1925: 41 : Nomen nudum. The name is unavailable for taxonomic purposes, as no description or definition of the taxon was provided (ICZN, art. 12.1) (comparative note).

Trigona erythrostoma Cameron 1908: 193-194 : Syntypes (BMNH 17b.1113, 2 workers) (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Kuching, Borneo (John Hewitt)" (worker or queen); Cockerell 1918: 386 (comparative notes); Cockerell 1920a: 116 (comparative note); Schwarz 1937: 290, 310*, 326 (key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1939a: 112 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 195, 209 (synonymy).

Trigona fusco-balteata Cameron 1908: 193 , 194: Lectotype (BMNH 17b.1112): Designated Moure 1961 (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Medang, Sarawak (Hewitt)" (worker); Schwarz 1937: 290, 310-311*, 316, 326 (key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1939a: 85, 86, 88, 90, 93, 96, 107- 110*, 111, 113, 114, 115, 132 (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1939b: 151-152 (distribution, taxonomy); PALAU ISLANDS, Arukoron; Babelthaob, Marukyoku-Kaisharu; Korror; Schwarz 1948: 40, 56, 69, 83, 90, 118; Krombein 1950: 102, 133, 135 (distribution, morphology); MICRONESIA, Caroline Islands; Nogueira-Neto 1951: (comparative note); Pagden 1957: 15, 17 (flight); Sakagami 1959: 121 (comparative note); Moure 1961: 209 (morphology, systematic position); Michener 1961: 34 (comparative note); Sakagami & Yoshikawa 1961: 435 (comparative note); Baltazar 1966: 407 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Mindanao, Lanao; Palawan; Yoshikawa et al. 1969: 168, 169, 172, 173, 174 (distribution, nest); MALAYSIA, Tapah; Tousaran; Jander & Jander 1970: 361, 362 (orientation); Wille & Michener 1973: 14, 24, 30, 59, 94 (nest); Michener 1974: 331, 343 (nest); Sakagami 1978: 166-194, 219, 220, 223-226*, 227, 228, 231, 232, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 247, plate 5 (taxonomy); Sakagami 1982: 389 (citation); Appanah 1982: (pollination); MALAYSIA, Negri Sembiran, Pasoh Forest Reserve; Floral record: Xerospermum intermedium ; Wille 1983: 50 (nest); Sakagami et al. 1983b: 2, 9-10, 20 (nest); Sakagami et al. 1983a: 106 (comparative note); Sakagami & Inoue 1985: 177 (comparative note); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution, key to species); Kiew 1985: (luring (unwashed shorts)); Yong 1986: (allozyme); Sakagami & Khoo 1987: 213 (comparative note); Sakagami & Inoue 1987: 626 (comparative note); Starr & Sakagami 1987: (common name (kiyot), nest); Yong et al. 1987: (biochemistry); Camargo 1988: 371 (distribution, synonymy); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sandakan; Sakagami et al. 1989: 266 (comparative note); Sakagami 1989: 164, 166 (nest); Michener 1990: 97, 105, 110, 119, 127, 131, 119 (illustration, morphology, systematic position); Sakagami et al. 1990: (distribution, key to species, variation); CAMBODIA; INDONESIA, Celebes; Sumatra; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Sakagami & Inoue 1990: (oviposition); Salmah et al. 1990: (distribution, nest (bamboo stems; interspaces; cracks; crevices)); INDONESIA, Sumatera Barat; Inoue et al. 1990b: (population); Inoue 1990: 582 (nest, population); Johnson & Appanah 1990: (predator ( Oecophylla : Formicidae : Hymenoptera )); Roubik 1990c: 663 (citation); Wittmann et al. 1991: 802 (citation); Yong 1993: 54 (biochemistry); Inoue et al. 1993: (nest); INDONESIA, Sumatra; Oliveira et al. 1995: 20 (citation); Yamane et al. 1995: 276, 284, 286, 292, 293 (comparative note); Roubik 1995: 41, 42; Roubik 1995: 151 (antropogenic nest); Roubik 1995: 41, 42; Drumond et al. 1996a: 395 (behavioral comparison); Roubik 1996: 61 (distribution); BRUNEI, Kuala Belalong; Ikudome & Kusigemati 1996: 20 (taxonomy); Dollin et al. 1997: (nest, revision, taxonomy (Australian form is distinct)); AUSTRALIA, Queensland; INDONESIA, Sumatra; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Nogueira-Neto 1954: 426 (citation); Nagamitsu & Inoue 1997: 433, 436 (pollination); Floral record: Santiria laevigata ; Nagamitsu & Inoue 1998: (foraging, morphology); Nagamitsu et al. 1999: (floral records (not by species), foraging); Michener 2000: 780; Chinajariyawong & Saiboon 2000: (distribution, nest); THAILAND, Songkhla; Amano et al. 2000: (citation); Michener 2001: 232 (morphology); Green et al. 2001: 91 (microsatellite); Eltz et al. 2003: 309 (comparative note); Franck et al. 2004: 2318 (citation); Cameron et al. 2004: 2358 (nest); Eltz 2004: 322 (abundance); Samejima et al. 2004: (population); MALAYSIA, Sarawak, Miri, Upper Baram area; Amano 2004: 3 (introduction, pollination); Wattanachaiyingcharoen et al. 2004: (diversity, nest); Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83 (distribution, foraging); Klakasikorn et al. 2005: 3, 5, 6 (floral record); Roubik 2006: 130 (nest); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Michener 2007b: 130 (comparative note); Michener 2007a: 806.

Trigona pallidistigma Cameron 1908: 193 , 195: Syntypes (BMNH 17b.1133, 2? workers) (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA " Sarawak, Borneo (R. Shelford)" (worker); Schwarz 1937: 291, 316* (key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1939a: 85, 108 (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Moure 1961: 209 (synonymy); Sakagami 1978: 223, 224 (synonymy); Appanah 1982: (pollination); MALAYSIA, Negri Sembiran, Pasoh Forest Reserve; Floral record: Xerospermum intermedium ; Sakagami et al. 1990: 128 (synonymy).

Trigona pfeifferi Friese 1925: 41 : Lectotype (AMNH, worker): here designated, " Brasil / Campinas", " Trigona / pfeifferi / Friese det. 25 / Fr.", "Typus" (orange label), " Heterotrigona / cf. fuscobalteata / (erroneous locality) / det. J.S.Ascher"; paralectotypes (DEI (3)) (taxonomy); Type locality: UNCERTAIN "Campinas (São Paulo), S.- Brasil " (several workers; wrong locality label); Schwarz 1937: 285; Schwarz 1948: 195, 203; Wille 1962: 179 (comparative note); Wille 1979b: 264, 265 (morphology (pollen press)); Wille 1979a: (morphology (pollen press)); Michener & Roubik 1993: 260 (comparative note, morphology); Camargo & Pedro 2003a: (synonymy); Camargo & Pedro 2007: 524 (synonymy).

Trigona pygmaea Friese 1933b: 147 : Lectotype (ZMHB, worker): here designated "O-Sumatra / Mandau / 7.1933", " Trigona / pygmaea / Fr. / 1933 Friese det. / n."; paralectotype (DEI (1), ZMHB (1)) (common name (kloeloet itam ketjid)); Type locality: INDONESIA "Beringin, in der Wäldern oberhalb Mandau (Sumatra), v. Bengkalis. Im Juli 1933 " (several workers); Schwarz 1937: 310; Schwarz 1939a: 107 (synonymy); Krombein 1950: 133 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 209 (possible synonymy); Sakagami 1978: 223 (synonymy); Sakagami et al. 1990: 128 (synonymy).