Tetragonula melanocephala ( Gribodo, 1893 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 44

Tetragonula melanocephala ( Gribodo, 1893)

Trigona melanocephala Gribodo 1893: 264 : Holotype (MSNG, worker): The authentic holotype of this taxon is labeled "Bandjarmas" (?=Bandjarmasin, near Liangtelan) (F. Penati, pers. com.) (taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Liangtelan (Borneo)" (1 worker); Dalla Torre 1896: 580 (citation); Cockerell 1919b: 242 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Sandakan; Cockerell 1920b: 228 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Sandakan; Schwarz 1937: 282, 283, 290, 315*, 316, 326 (key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1939a: 85, 93, 120* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1948: 118; Moure 1961: 210 (systematic position); Yoshikawa et al. 1969: 172, 174 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Sabah, Touaran; Sakagami & Inoue 1985: 181 (comparative note); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution); Sakagami et al. 1990: 131 (distribution); Inoue et al. 1995: 97, 98 (pollination); Floral record: Dendrobium setifolium ; Neuwiedia borneensis ; Roubik 1996: 61, 62 (distribution, predator ( Helarctos malayanus : Ursidae : Carnivora )); BRUNEI, Kuala Belalong; Nagamitsu & Inoue 1997: 433, 435, 436, 437 (pollination); Floral record: Santiria laevigata ; Nagamitsu & Inoue 1998: (foraging, morphology); Nagamitsu et al. 1999: (floral records (not by species), foraging); Eltz et al. 2001a: (pollen foraging); Eltz et al. 2001b: 343, 345 (foraging); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah; Eltz et al. 2002b: 28 (comparative note); Eltz et al. 2002a: 30, 31, 32 (distribution, foraging, nest, population); MALAYSIA, Danum Valley; Sepilok; Deramakot; Floral record: Rhizophora apiculata ; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2002: 305, 307, 308, 310, 312 (foraging); Eltz et al. 2003: (nest, tree preference); Biesmeijer & Slaa 2004: 148 (citation, foraging); Eltz 2004: 322 (abundance); Michener & Boongird 2004: 144, 145, 146 (comparative note); Samejima et al. 2004: (population); MALAYSIA, Sarawak, Miri, Upper Baram area; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 (distribution, foraging); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Leonhardt et al. 2007: (foraging); Floral record: Diospyros durionoides .

Trigona testaceinerva Cameron 1908: 193 , 195: Type (BMNH 17b.1109) (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Kuching, Borneo (John Hewitt)" (worker); Schwarz 1937: 315, 326; Schwarz 1939a: 120 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 210 (synonymy); Michener & Boongird 2004: 146 (comparative note).