Tetragonula carbonaria ( Smith, 1854 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 32

Tetragonula carbonaria ( Smith, 1854)

Trigona angophorae Cockerell 1912: 225 : Holotype (BMNH 17b.1139) (comparative notes, floral record, taxonomy); Type locality: AUSTRALIA "Sydney, New South Wales, Dec. 1, 1910 (Froggatt, 118)" (worker); Floral record: Angophora ; Cockerell 1929d: 301 (comparative note, new status (as subspecies of carbonaria )); Cockerell 1930b: 150 (distribution, floral record, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, Sydney; Floral record: Angophora ; Rayment 1932f: 106 (taxonomy); Rayment 1935: 735, 740 (key to species, taxonomy); Rayment 1939: (distribution); Schwarz 1948: 91; Rayment 1953: (distribution); Moure 1961: 209 (morphology, systematic position); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Camargo 1988: 372 (taxonomy); Dollin et al. 1997: (revision, synonymy, taxonomy).

Trigona carbonaria Smith 1854: 414 : Holotype (BMNH 17b.1136, worker) (taxonomy); Type locality: AUSTRALIA "Australia" (worker); Pascoe 1863: 171 (hive pest ( Brachypeplus auritus : Nitidulidae : Coleoptera )); Smith 1863b: (nest); Smith 1863c: (nest); Smith 1863a: (inquiline ( Brachypeplus auritus : Nitidulidae : Coleoptera )); Packard 1867: 365-366 (nest); Hockings 1884: (common name (karbi; keelar; kootchar), honey, morphology, nest (hollow trees), colony pest ( Achroea grisella : Tineidae : Lepidoptera ; Protaetia mandarinea : Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera ), predator (small birds)); Dalla Torre 1896: 576 (citation); Friese 1898: 428, 429, 430 (comparative note, key to species); Friese 1905: 118 (citation); Friese 1909: 272, 273-274 (key to species, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, Mackay; Sydney; INDONESIA, Key- Inseln (misidentification); MICRONESIA, Karolinen (misidentification); PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Sattelberg (misidentification); Simbang (misidentification); Cockerell 1910: 247 (comparative notes); Lea 1910: 119, 207 (inquiline ( Brachypeplus auritus ; Brachypeplus basalis : Nitidulidae : Coleoptera )); Strand 1911: 87 (distribution); Cockerell 1911: 176 (comparative notes, taxonomy); Friese 1912: 94 (distribution); Strand 1912: (distribution); Cockerell 1912: 225 (comparative notes); Lea 1912: 38-39 (inquiline ( Homalota trigonae : Staphylinidae : Coleoptera )); Cockerell 1914: 412-413; Floral record: Helianthus annuus ; Friese 1917: 9 (distribution); Cockerell 1922a: 279 (comparative note); Salt 1929: 452, 453 (citation); Cockerell 1929e: 243 (distribution); AUSTRALIA, Ourimbah, New South Wales; Cockerell 1929d: 301 (common name (karbi), distribution, nest); AUSTRALIA, Moreton; Cockerell 1929a: 8 (comparative note (identification corrected in footnote)); Cockerell 1930b: 149 (common name (karbi), floral record, taxonomy); Floral record: Helianthus annuus ; Cockerell 1930c: 149-150 (distribution, variation); Schwarz 1932: 235-236, 245; Rayment 1932a: 185, 186 (common name (koobee; karbi; baldies), morphology); Rayment 1932d: (honey, pollen, wax); Rayment 1932b: (nest); Rayment 1932c: (behavioral comparison); Rayment 1932e: (inquiline ( Brachypeplus planus ; Brachypeplus meyricki (or Epuraea ): Nitidulidae : Coleoptera ; Tribolium myrmecophilum : Tenebrionidae : Coleoptera )); Rayment 1932f: 106 (taxonomy); Cockerell 1934: 62, fig. 8 (illustration (mandible)); Rayment 1935: 735, 736, 737, 738, 739 (comparative note, key to species, taxonomy); Cannon 1937; Schwarz 1939a: 103 (synonymy); Rayment 1939: (distribution); Schwarz 1948: 22, 24, 29, 32, 37, 41, 60, 62, 67, 68, 77, 80, 84, 86, 91, 93, 94, 97, 107, 110, 117, 133, 166; Rayment 1953: (distribution); Moure et al. 1958: 484 (citation); Moure 1961: 209 (morphology, systematic position); Michener 1961: 3, 9, 10, 11, 15-23, 24, 25, 27, 39, 40, 42, 44 (aggressiveness, nest); AUSTRALIA, Beenleigh; Beerwah; Binna Burra (near Lamington National Park); Brisbane; Bundaberg; Caboolture; Caloundra; Capalaba; Mount Edwards; Gladstone; Ipswich; Jimboomba; Mackay; Maroochydore; Moggill (near Brisbane); Noosa; Petrie; Rockhampton; Sarina; Tamborine; Tibrogargen (near Beerwah); Yaamba; Yarriman; Wille 1961: 117; Rayment 1961: (nest); Wakefield 1962: (swarm (probably not stingless bees)); Michener 1964: 236 (nest); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Pooley & Michener 1969: 429 (comparative note); Nogueira-Neto 1970: 218, 266, 314; Wille & Michener 1973: 13, 24, 47, 58, 70, 80, 81, 89, 92, 178 (nest); Michener 1974: 62, 341, 343 (colony, nest); McKenzie 1975: (common name (kabbai), honey); Kistner 1982: 122 (citation, inquiline ( Brachypeplus auritus : Nitidulidae : Coleoptera )); Wagner & Dollin 1982a: (distribution); Evans & Matthews 1973: (predator ( Bembix musca : Crabronidae : Hymenoptera )); Evans et al. 1982: 78 (predator ( Bembix musca : Crabronidae : Hymenoptera )); Sakagami et al. 1983b: 20 (comparative note); Sakagami et al. 1983a: 106 (comparative note); Sakagami et al. 1983d: 454 (comparative note); Wagner & Briscoe 1983: (genetics); Hawkeswood 1983: (pollination); Floral record: Cupaniopsis anacardioides ; Graur 1985: 194 (comparative note); Yong 1986: 628 (comparative note); Goebel 1986: (bee-keeping); Starr & Sakagami 1987: 97, 106 (citation); Yong et al. 1987: 467 (biochemistry); Fain & Heard 1987: 197, 199, 202 (inquiline ( Cerophagus trigona : Acaridae : Acari )); Milborrow et al. 1987: 15, 22, 23, 25 (wax); Heard 1987: (nest); Camargo 1988: 372 (distribution, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, Cape York, Gosford; Maitland, New South Wales; Heard 1988: (bee-keeping); Adams & Lawson 1988: (pollination); Michener 1990: 95, 101, 119, 120, 127, 128 (illustration, morphology, systematic position); Sakagami & Inoue 1990: 211, 212, 215 (comparative note); Wittmann et al. 1991: 802, 806 (citation); Harriss & Beatie 1991: (pollen transportation); Ornduff 1991: 207 (pollination); Floral record: Cycas media ; Adams et al. 1992: (orchid pollination); Michener & Roubik 1993: 259, 260 (comparative note, morphology); Heard & Hendrikz 1993: (flight activity); Cardale 1993: 321-322 (distribution, floral record, list); AUSTRALIA, NE coastal; N coastal; New South Wales; Queensland; SE coastal; Western Australia; Murray-Darling basin; Floral record: Ageratum ; Alocasia ; Angophora ; Banksia ; Callistemon ; Claoxylon ; Cupaniopsis ; Daviesia ; Dendrobium ; Eucalyptus ; Hibbertia ; Jacksonia ; Leptospermum ; Melaleuca ; Melastoma ; Nymphaea ; Oxylobium ; Persoonia ; Podolepis ; Pultenaea ; Rubus ; Telopea ; Xanthorrhoea ; Williams & Adam 1993: 480 (floral record); Gross 1993: 471, 472, 473 (pollination); Floral record: Melastoma affine ; Adams & Lawson 1993: (pollination); Floral record: Dendrobium teretifolium ; Heard 1994: (pollination); Floral record: Macadamia integrifolia ; Heard & Exley 1994: (pollination); Floral record: Macadamia integrifolia ; Forster et al. 1994: 219 (pollination); Floral record: Cycas ; Bartareau 1994: (pollination); Floral record: Dendrobium toressae ; Yamane et al. 1995: (oviposition); Wallace & Trueman 1995: (seed dispersal (mellitochory)); Floral record: Eucalyptus torelliana ; Disney & Bartareau 1995: (predator (Dorniphora trigonae : Phoridae : Diptera ) (of brood?)); Bartareau 1995: (pollination); Floral record: Cymbidium madidum ; Drumond et al. 1996a: 396, 399 (behavioral comparison); Kerr et al. 1996: 54 (citation); Bartareau 1996: (foraging); Yamane 1996: 14 (nest); Heard 1996: (beekeeping, nest); Dollin 1996a: (characteristics, nest); Dollin 1996b: (nest); Dollin 1996c; Nogueira-Neto 1997: 85, 204, 205, 334; Dollin et al. 1997: (nest, revision, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, New South Wales; Queensland; Williams & Adam 1997: 75, 86, 88, 90-92 (competition, floral record); Floral record: Abrophyllum ornans ; Acradenia euodiiformis ; Alphitonia excelsa ; Euroschinus falcata ; Rhodomyrtus psidioides ; Tristaniopsis laurina ; Williams & Adam 1997: 75 (floral record); Floral record: Cuttsia viburnea ; Dollin & Heard 1997: (domestication); Dollin & Heard 1997: (bee-keeping, predators (Phoriae; Syrphidae )); Dollin 1997: (characteristics); Heard & Dollin 1998: (citation); Heard & Dollin 1998: 6, 13 (foraging activity, pollination); Drumond et al. 1999: 235, 241 (comparative note); Heard 1999a: 186, 187, 195 (citation); Crane 1999: 89, 90; Dollin & Heard 1999: (bee-keeping); Michener 2000: 94, 783f, 800; Hilário et al. 2000: 304 (citation); Nieh et al. 2000: (communication, nest); Heard & Dollin 2000: (bee-keeping); Amano et al. 2000: (citation); Green et al. 2001: (microsatellite); Hilário et al. 2001: 195 (citation); Serrão 2001: (morphology (proventricular structure)); White et al. 2001: (flower constancy); Dollin et al. 2001: (bee-keeping); Green & Oldroyd 2002: (maternity of male); Wallace et al. 2002: (pollination); Floral record: Persoonia virgata ; Pick & Blochtein 2002: 827, 831, 833, 834 (citation); Dollin 2002a: (bee-keeping); Dollin 2002b: (bee-keeping); Schmidt et al. 2003: 245 (citation); Gardener et al. 2003: 120 (citation); Williams & Walker 2003: 143, 144, 145 (floral record); Floral record: Pollia crispata ; Heard 2003: (citation); Nieh 2004: 162, 164, 168 (citation, communication, comparative table); Franck et al. 2004: (genetics, microsatellite, nest); Cameron et al. 2004: 2358 (genetics); Tóth et al. 2004: 5, 6, 7 (citation); Sung et al. 2004: 263 (citation); Thomson et al. 2004: 622, 623 (pollination); Floral record: Cucumis sativus ; Amano 2004: 3 (introduction, pollination); Floral record: Lycopersicon esculentum ; Borges & Blochtein 2005: 683 (citation); Kajobe & Echazarreta 2005: 274 (citation); Bruce & Herberstein 2005: 3834, 3837, 3843 (predator ( Argiope : Araneidae : Araneae )); Greco et al. 2005: 72 (citation (as stingless bees)); Roubik 2006: 133, 136 (nest); Hartfelder et al. 2006: 154 (citation); Arias et al. 2006: 267 (citation); Cortopassi-Laurino et al. 2006: (bee-keeping); Slaa et al. 2006: 297, 301, 306, 308 (citation); Bacelar-Lima et al. 2006: 344 (citation); Hoese et al. 2006: 769, 774 (predator ( Argiope keyserlingi : Araneidae : Araneae )); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Michener 2007a: 100, 807f, 824; Jongjitvimol & Wattanachaiyingcharoen 2007: 29 (citation); Stow et al. 2007: (antimicrobials, honey); Gloag et al. 2007: (reproduction); Fidalgo & Kleinert 2007: 138 (citation); Klumpp 2007; Wallace et al. 2008: (dispersal, pollination); Floral record: Corymbia torelliana ; Irish et al. 2008: (honey properties).