''Tetragonula'' is a genus of
stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert
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
Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species), comprising the Tribe (biology), tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other aut ...
species formerly placed in the genus ''
Trigona
''Trigona'' is one of the largest genera of stingless bees, comprising about 32 species, exclusively occurring in the New World, and formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been ele ...
'' are now placed in the genus ''Tetragonula''. These bees are found in Oceania, in countries such as
Australia
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,
Indonesia
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,
New Guinea
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,
Malaysia
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,
Thailand
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, the
Philippines
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,
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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, and the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...
. The most recent tabulation of species listed 35 species.
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Species
Tetragonula
* '' Tetragonula ashishi'' (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)Cameron
Cameron may refer to:
People
* Clan Cameron, a Scottish clan
* Cameron (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Cameron (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 19 ...
, 1897)
* '' Tetragonula biroi'' (Friese
Friese is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
* Christian-Peter Friese, (1948-1970), victim at the Berlin wall
* Donald Friese (born 1940), American billionaire businessman
* Friedemann Friese (born 1970), German board game designe ...
, 1898)
* ''Tetragonula carbonaria
''Tetragonula carbonaria'' (previously known as ''Trigona carbonaria'') is a stingless bee, endemism, endemic to the north-east coast of Australia. Its common name is sugarbag bee. They are also occasionally referred to as bush bees. The bee is k ...
'' (Smith
Smith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England
** List of people ...
, 1854)
* '' Tetragonula clypearis'' (Friese, 1908)
* '' Tetragonula collina'' (Smith, 1857)
* '' Tetragonula dapitanensis'' ( Cockerell, 1925)
* '' Tetragonula davenporti'' (Franck, 2004)Tetragonula iridipennis
The Indian stingless bee or dammar bee, ''Tetragonula iridipennis'', is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae. It was first described by Frederick Smith (entomologist), Frederick Smith in 1854 who found the species in w ...
'' (Smith, 1854)
* '' Tetragonula laeviceps'' (Smith, 1857)
* '' Tetragonula malaipanae'' (Engel, Michener, & Boontop, 2017)
References
External links
Aussie Bee
''Tetragonula carbonaria''
''Tetragonula clypearis''
''Tetragonula hockingsi''
''Tetragonula sapiens''
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Meliponini
Bee genera