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Tetragonula reepeni

Description

Tetragonula reepeni (Friese, 1918)

Trigona (Tetragonula) latigenalis Sakagami 1978: 166-194, 194-195*, 196, 227, 236, 237, 238, 247, plate 5: Holotype (SEHU) (taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Frasers Hill-b, Malaya" (1 worker, holotype); "Malaya, Kepong" (1 worker); "Ulu Langat" (20 workers); "Gombak" (2 workers); "Cameron Highland" (4 workers); "Thailand, Khaophappha-Khaochong" (workers); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution, key to species); Sakagami & Khoo 1987: 207, 208, 210, 211, 212 (synonymy); Sakagami et al. 1990: 128 (synonymy); Tadauchi et al. 1998: 243 (type depositories); Wattanachaiyingcharoen et al. 2004: (diversity, nest); Klakasikorn et al. 2005: 6 (citation).

Trigona reepeni Friese 1918: 519-520: Lectotype (ZMHB, worker): here designated, " Malacca / Taip. Hills / 2.1912 / Butt.-Reep.", " Trigona / reepeni / 1914 Friese det. / Fr.", "Type" (red label), "Coll. / Friese"; paralectotypes (DEI (1), USNM (1), ZMHB (7)) (taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Taiping Hills (Upp. Perak) auf Malakka, im Februar 1912 " (several workers); Cockerell 1926a: 224 (comparative note); Schwarz 1939a: 85, 93, 121* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution); Sakagami & Khoo 1987: (morphology); Michener 1990: 120 (systematic position); Sakagami et al. 1990: (distribution, key to species); INDONESIA, Sumatra; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Salmah et al. 1990: (distribution, nest); INDONESIA, Sumatera Barat; Inoue et al. 1990b: (population); Roubik 1996: 61 (distribution); BRUNEI, Kuala Belalong; Liow 1999: 110, 127 (distribution); Nagamitsu et al. 1999: (floral records (not by species), foraging); Samejima et al. 2004: (population); MALAYSIA, Sarawak, Miri, Upper Baram area; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 77 (distribution, foraging).

Notes

Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 1935 on page 48

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Apidae
Genus
Tetragonula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Friese
Species
reepeni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetragonula reepeni (Friese, 1918) sec. Rasmussen, 2008

References

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  • Sakagami, S. F. (1978) Tetragonula stingless bees of the continental Asia and Sri Lanka (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series VI, Zoology, 21, 165 - 247.
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