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

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Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2017]

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"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 , stingless bees , Sulawesi , Wallacetrigona

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3888 2017

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3888.1
OCLC: 1015317947