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Tetragonula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Tetragonula

Tetragonula is a genus of stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert, Professor 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 31 species.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Engel, M.S.; Michener, C.D.; Boontop, Y. (2017). "Notes on Southeast Asian stingless bees of the genus Tetragonula (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with the description of a new species from Thailand". American Museum Novitates. 3886: 1–17. doi:10.1206/3886.1.
  2. ^ Rasmussen, C.; Thomas, J.C.; Engel, M.S. (2017). "A new genus of Eastern Hemisphere stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a key to the supraspecific groups of Indomalayan and Australasian Meliponini". American Museum Novitates. 3888: 1–33. doi:10.1206/3888.1.
  3. ^ Engel, M.S.; Michener, C.D.; Boontop, Y. (2017). "Notes on Southeast Asian stingless bees of the genus Tetragonula (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with the description of a new species from Thailand". American Museum Novitates. 3886: 1–17. doi:10.1206/3886.1.
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