Tetragonula melina ( Gribodo, 1893 )

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

Tetragonula melina ( Gribodo, 1893)

Trigona melina Gribodo 1893: 262-263 , 264: Syntypes (MSNG, 3 workers; unknown depository, 2 workers): Two syntypes are labeled "Bandjarmas" (?=Bandjarmasin, near Liangtelan), while the third syntype carry no locality label (F. Penati, pers. com.) (taxonomy); Type locality: MALAYSIA "Liangtelan (Borneo)" (2 workers); " Perak (Malacca)" (3 workers); Dalla Torre 1896: 580 (citation); Friese 1909("1908"): 354, 357 (comparative note, distribution); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Liangtelan; Malaka, Perak; Friese 1909: 272, 273, 276 (citation, key to species); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Liangtelan; Malacca; Perak; Cockerell 1918: 387 (distribution, key to species); MALAYSIA, Sandakan; Cockerell 1920b: 228 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Sandakan; Schwarz 1932: 245; Schwarz 1937: 283, 291, 316, 316*, 326 (key to species, taxonomy); Floral record: Melastoma ; Schwarz 1939a: 85, 90, 93, 120* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Schwarz 1948: 118; Moure 1961: 210 (systematic position); Sakagami 1978: 166-194, 198*, 226, 236, 237, 238 (taxonomy); MALAYSIA; THAILAND; Sakagami et al. 1983b: 2, 8, 20 (nest); Sakagami & Inoue 1985: 181 (comparative note); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution, key to species); Kiew 1985: (luring (unwashed shorts)); Starr & Sakagami 1987: 97 (citation); Camargo 1988: 372 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sandakan; Sakagami et al. 1990: (distribution, key to species); INDONE- SIA, Sumatra; MALAYSIA, Borneo; THAILAND; Salmah et al. 1990: (distribution, nest); INDONESIA, Sumatera Barat; Inoue et al. 1990b: (population); Michener & Roubik 1993: 260 (comparative note, morphology); Salmah et al. 1996: 410 (comparative note); Roubik 1996: 61, 62, 63 (distribution, nest); BRUNEI, Kuala Belalong; Dollin et al. 1997: 886 (comparative note); Nagamitsu & Inoue 1997: (foraging, pollination); Floral record: Santiria laevigata ; Nagamitsu & Inoue 1998: (foraging, morphology); Liow 1999: 106, 110, 127 (nest); Nagamitsu et al. 1999: (floral records (not by species), foraging); Liow et al. 2001: 184; Eltz et al. 2001a: (pollen foraging); Eltz et al. 2001b: 343, 345 (foraging); MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah; Kocyan & Endress 2001: 848, 856, 864 (pollination); Floral record: Neuwiedia javanica ; 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); Samejima et al. 2004: (population); MALAYSIA, Sarawak, Miri, Upper Baram area; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 77, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 (distribution, foraging); Klakasikorn et al. 2005: 6 (citation); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics).