Tetragonula sapiens ( Cockerell, 1911 )

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Tetragonula sapiens ( Cockerell, 1911)

Trigona sapiens Cockerell 1911: 176 : Holotype (ANIC, worker) (comparative notes, taxonomy); Type locality: SOLOMON ISLANDS "Solomon Islands, July-August, 1909 (Froggatt)" (worker); Cockerell 1929e: 242-243 (comparative note, distribution, taxonomy); SOLOMON ISLANDS, Lavoro Plantations, Gaudalcanal Is.; New Georgia, W. Solomon; Cockerell 1936: 225 (distribution); SOLOMON ISLANDS, Halaita, Nggela; Schwarz 1939a: 111, 113 (synonymy); Krombein 1949: 14 (distribution); Krombein 1951: 295 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 209 (systematic position); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Sakagami 1978: 221, 222; Dollin & Dollin 1983: (nest (as laeviceps )); Sakagami & Inoue 1987: 626 (comparative note); Starr & Sakagami 1987: (common name (kiyot), nest); Roubik 1990c: 663 (citation); Michener & Roubik 1993: 260 (comparative note, morphology); Cardale 1993: 323-324 (distribution, list (as laeviceps )); AUSTRALIA, NE coastal; N coastal; Northern Territory; Queensland; Adelaide River; Cape York; Gordonvale; Thursday Is.; Oliveira et al. 1995: 20 (citation); Snelling 1996: 131 (distribution); Dollin et al. 1997: (nest, revision, taxonomy); AUSTRALIA, Queensland; INDONESIA, Moluccas; "NEW GUINEA"; PHILIPPINES; SOLOMON ISLANDS; Dollin 1997: (characteristics); Green et al. 2001: 91 (microsatellite); Palmer et al. 2002: (maternity); Franck et al. 2004: (genetics, microsatellite); Cameron et al. 2004: 2358 (nest); Sung et al. 2004: 268 (citation); Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Klumpp 2007: 4, 82; Wallace et al. 2008: (dispersal, pollination); Floral record: Corymbia torelliana .

Trigona wallacei Tadauchi et al. 1998: 245 : Nomen nudum. The name is unavailable for taxonomic purposes, as no description or definition of the taxon was provided (ICZN, art. 15.1) (type depositories).