Tetragonula

Genus of bees

Tetragonula

Tetragonula sapiens
T. cf. pagdeni, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Apidae
Tribe:  | Meliponini
Genus:  | Tetragonula
Moure, 1961

Tetragonula is a genus of stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert J.S. Moure first proposed the genus name Tetragonula[1] 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 35 species.[2][3]

## Species

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Tetragonula

* Tetragonula ashishi (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)[4]
* Tetragonula atripes (Smith, 1857)
* Tetragonula bengalensis (Cameron, 1897)
* Tetragonula biroi (Friese, 1898)
* Tetragonula carbonaria (Smith, 1854)
* Tetragonula clypearis (Friese, 1908)
* Tetragonula collina (Smith, 1857)
* Tetragonula dapitanensis (Cockerell, 1925)
* Tetragonula davenporti (Franck, 2004)[5]
* Tetragonula drescheri (Schwarz, 1939)
* Tetragonula florilega (Engel, 2021)
* Tetragonula fuscibasis (Cockerell, 1920)
* Tetragonula fuscobalteata (Cameron, 1908)
* Tetragonula geissleri (Cockerell, 1918)
* Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami, 1978)
* Tetragonula hirashimai (Sakagami, 1978)
* Tetragonula hockingsi (Cockerell, 1929)
* Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith, 1854)
* Tetragonula laeviceps (Smith, 1857)
* Tetragonula malaipanae (Engel, Michener, & Boontop, 2017)[2]
* Tetragonula melanocephala (Gribodo, 1893)
* Tetragonula melina (Gribodo, 1893)
* Tetragonula mellipes (Friese, 1898)
* Tetragonula minangkabau (Sakagami & Inoue, 1985)
* Tetragonula minor (Sakagami, 1978)
* Tetragonula pagdeni (Schwarz, 1939)
* Tetragonula pagdeniformis (Sakagami, 1978)
* Tetragonula penangensis (Cockerell, 1919)
* Tetragonula praeterita (Walker, 1860)
* Tetragonula reepeni (Friese, 1918)
* Tetragonula rufibasalis (Cockerell, 1918)
* Tetragonula ruficornis (Smith, 1870)
* Tetragonula sapiens (Cockerell, 1911)
* Tetragonula sarawakensis (Schwarz, 1937)
* Tetragonula shishirae (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)
* Tetragonula shubhami (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)
* Tetragonula sirindhornae (Michener & Boongird, 2004)
* Tetragonula sumae (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)
* Tetragonula testaceitarsis (Cameron, 1901)
* Tetragonula vikrami (Viraktamath & Roy, 2022)
* Tetragonula zucchii (Sakagami, 1978)

## References

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1. ^ Moure, J.S. (1961). "A Preliminary Supra-specific Classification of the Old World Meliponine Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)". Studia Entomologica. 4 (1–4). Editora Vozes: 181–242\. ISSN 0585-5098. OCLC 430338837.1–4&rft.pages=181-242&rft.date=1961&rft_id=info:oclcnum/430338837&rft.issn=0585-5098&rft.aulast=Moure&rft.aufirst=J.S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Tetragonula" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b Engel, M.S.; Michener, C.D.; Boontop, Y. (2017-12-06). "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) (published 2017): 1–20\. doi:10.1206/3886.1. S2CID 89701798. BHL
3. ^ Rasmussen, C.; Thomas, J.C.; Engel, M.S. (2017-12-14). "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) (published 2017): 1–33\. doi:10.1206/3888.1. S2CID 89696073. BHL
4. ^ Viraktamath, Shashidhar; Roy, Jagruti (2022-07-01). "Description of five new species of Tetragonula (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from India". Biologia. 77 (7): 1769–1793\. Bibcode:2022Biolg..77.1769V. doi:10.1007/s11756-022-01040-8. ISSN 1336-9563. PMC 8996492. PMID 35431317.
5. ^ Franck, P.; et al. (2004). "Nest architecture and genetic differentiation in a species complex of Australian stingless bees". Molecular Ecology. 13 (8): 2317–2331\. Bibcode:2004MolEc..13.2317F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02236.x. eISSN 1365-294X. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 15245404. S2CID 33790632.

## External links

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* Aussie Bee
* Tetragonula carbonaria
* Tetragonula clypearis
* Tetragonula hockingsi
* Tetragonula sapiens
* Media related to Tetragonula at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Tetragonula at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Tetragonula|

* Wikidata: Q14478152
* Wikispecies: Tetragonula
* AFD: Tetragonula
* BOLD: 180615
* CoL: 646S9
* EoL: 2757516
* GBIF: 1344522
* iNaturalist: 356051
* IRMNG: 1440011
* ITIS: 763705
* NCBI: 398144
* Open Tree of Life: 630461
* Paleobiology Database: 280478