Title
A new genus of Eastern Hemisphere stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae), with a key to the supraspecific groups of Indomalayan and Australasian Meliponini
Title Variants
Alternative:
New genus of Meliponini
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, number 3888
By
Rasmussen, Claus, 1972-
, author
Engel, Michael S.
, author
Thomas, Jennifer C.
, author
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2017]
Notes
Caption title.
"December 14, 2017."
A new genus of stingless bees (Apinae: Meliponini) is described and figured from Indonesia (Sulawesi), known from a single species previously placed in Geniotrigona Moure. Based on recent phylogenetic studies, Trigona (Geniotrigona) incisa Sakagami and Inoue renders Geniotrigona polyphyletic and is more closely related to Lepidotrigona Moure. The species is transferred to Wallacetrigona Engel and Rasmussen, new genus, and differentiated from Geniotrigona proper as well as all other meliponines occurring in Sundaland, Wallacea, and Sahul (Australinea). The new genus occurs east of the Wallace Line and separate from the distribution of Geniotrigona, which is otherwise restricted to Sundaland, but Wallacetrigona is presently not known beyond the Weber Line. A hierarchical classification of Indomalayan and Australasian stingless bees is tabulated and a revised key to the genera and subgenera provided, as well as an appendix tabulating the species and synonyms. The following new combinations are established: Wallacetrigona incisa (Sakagami and Inoue), Homotrigona (Lophotrigona) canifrons (Smith), Homotrigona (Odontotrigona) haematoptera (Cockerell), Homotrigona (Tetrigona) apicalis (Smith), H. (T.) binghami (Schwarz), H. (T.) melanoleuca (Cockerell), H. (T.) peninsularis (Cockerell), and H. (T.) vidua (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau).
Subjects
Apidae
,
Australasia
,
Bees
,
Classification
,
Indonesia
,
Insects
,
Southeast Asia
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stingless bees
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Sulawesi
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Wallacetrigona
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3888 2017
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/3888.1
OCLC:
1015317947
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