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An Annotated

Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

    

Genus Trigona Jurine

[Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Meliponini]

• Trigona Jurine, 1807: p.245; Type species: Apis amalthea Olivier, 1789, designed by Latreille, 1810: p.439.

 

 

 

S. No.	Name of Species with Author & Year	Distribution OR Collection Site
1.	atripes Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Heterotrigona Schwarz]	Malacca, Mergin, Tenasserim
2.	collina Smith, 1857	Malacca, South Tenasserim
3.	apicalis Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Heterotrigona Schwarz]	Burma, Tenasserim, Borneo
4.	laeviceps Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Heterotrigona Schwarz]	Tenasserim, Singapore, [South India (Cockerell, 1920: AMNH (6)9: 201]
5.	iridipennis [Smith, 1854 (Melipona)  = bengalensis Cameron, 1897 (Melipona)] [Michener, 2000: a species group consisting of 2 or 3 species]; [under subgenus Hetero-trigona]	Barrackpore, Ceylon, Burma to Solomon Islands
6.	fimbriata Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Homotrigona Moure, 1961]	Western Malaysia to Vietnam and south to Sumatra and Borneo.
7.	vidua [Lepeletier, 1841 (Melipona)]	India, Burma upto Malaya
8.	canifrons Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Heterotrigona Schwarz]	Tenasserim, Sumatra, Borneo
9.	ventralis Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Lepidotrigona Schwarz, 1939]	Tenasserim, Borneo, Malacca
10.	smithii [Smith ? = ruficornis Smith (Melipona)]	Mainpuri, Northwestern Provinces, Burma, Tenasserim
11.	praeterita [Walk., AMNH: (3)5 (Melipona)]	Burma, Ceylon
12.	lutea [Bingham, 1897 (Melipona)]	Karennee, North Tenasserim
13.	thoracica Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Heterotrigona Schwarz]	Tenasserim, Singapore
14.	nitidiventris Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Lepidotrigona Schwarz, 1939]	India to Philippines, Taiwan, south to Sumatra, Borneo and Java i.e.South east Asia
15.	terminata Smith, 1857 [under subgenus Lepidotrigona Schwarz, 1939]	India to Philippines, Taiwan, south to Sumatra, Borneo and Java i.e.South east Asia
16.	trochanterica Cockerell (year ?) [under subgenus Lepidotrigona Schwarz, 1939]	South east Asia upto Borneo
17.	reepeni in Sakagami & Khoo, 1987 [Taxonomic status]	Malaysia
18.	pagdeni Sakagami & Khoo, 1987	northern Malaya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer the species groups proposed by Sakagami during 80-90's for an overall overview of all Trigona species found in South-east Asian countries; revised by Sakagami (1978) modified by Sakagami & Inoue (1985) revised in Michener (1990, 2000).

 

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Political territories have been mentioned as such (as   mentioned  by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal  in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab  [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].       

 

 

Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta

Department of Zoology

Jai Narain Vyas University

Jodhpur 342 005, India

Ph. +91-291-272 6666

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Visit "An Updating Bibliography of the Bees of the World" by the same author for the authors' linked references mentioned in this document.

 

Date of release 31 May, 2003                                                          Website Created and Maintained by Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta