Geniotrigona thoracica ( Smith, 1857 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 12-13

Geniotrigona thoracica ( Smith, 1857)

Trigona ambusta Cockerell 1918: 387 : Holotype (BMNH 17b.1131) (distribution, key to species); Type locality: MALAYSIA / SINGAPORE "Sandakan and Singapore" (unknown); Cockerell 1919c: 78 (taxonomy (described in previous paper)); SINGAPORE; Cockerell 1920b: 228 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Sandakan; Cockerell 1929b: 139 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur; Cockerell 1930a: 157 (distribution, nest (hollow tree), variation); CAMBODIA, Koh Po; Pattani; Cockerell 1934: 62, fig. 7 (comparative note, illustration (mandible)); Schwarz 1937: 317, 318, 327; Schwarz 1939a: 105 (synonymy); Moure 1961: 213 (synonymy); Camargo 1988: 370 (synonymy); Sakagami et al. 1990: 127 (synonymy).

Trigona thoracica Smith 1857: 50 : Type (BMNH 17b.1181) (taxonomy); Type locality: SINGAPORE "Singapore" (worker); Smith 1871: 395 (distribution); SINGAPORE; Dalla Torre 1896: 584 (citation); Bingham 1897: 561, 564 (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); MYANMAR, Tenasserim; SINGAPORE; Bingham 1905: 58 (citation, distribution); Friese 1909("1908"): 358 (comparative note); Cockerell 1919c: 79 (distribution); Cockerell 1923: 240 (key to species); Dover 1929: 62 (citation, distribution); MALAYSIA, Kuala Tahan; Pahang; SINGAPORE; Friese 1933a: 46 (comparative note); Schwarz 1937: 317, 318; Schwarz 1939a: 85, 90, 92, 104-106* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Floral record: Citrus limon ; Tephrosia candida ; Schwarz 1948: 83, 104, 114, 118; Moure 1961: 212, 213 (systematic position); Yoshikawa et al. 1969: 172, 173 (distribution); MALAYSIA, Fraser's Hill, Selagor-Pahang; Tapah; Touaran; Sakagami 1975: 56 * (distribution); SINGAPORE; THAILAND; Wille 1979b: 247 (morphology); Appanah 1982: (pollination); MALAYSIA, Negri Sembiran, Pasoh Forest Reserve; Floral record: Xerospermum intermedium ; Sakagami et al. 1983b: 2, 4, 13-15, 16, 20 (honey, nest (in Shorea laevis : Dipterocarpaceae )); Sakagami et al. 1985: (distribution, key to species); Baker & Delfinado- Baker 1985: 231 (inquiline ( Neocypholaelaps phooni : Ameroseiidae : Acari )); Camargo 1988: 370 (distribution, taxonomy); SINGAPORE; Sakagami & Inoue 1989: (morphology); Michener 1990: 105, 126 (illustration, morphology, systematic position); Sakagami et al. 1990: (distribution, key to species); INDONESIA, Sumatra; MALAYSIA, Borneo; MYANMAR; THAILAND; Salmah et al. 1990: (distribution, nest (hollow tree trunks; holes in limestone)); INDONESIA, Sumatera Barat; Inoue et al. 1990b: (population); Inoue 1990: 582 (nest (huge tree cavities), population); Johnson & Appanah 1990: (predator ( Oecophylla : Formicidae : Hymenoptera )); Michener & Roubik 1993: 260 (comparative note, morphology); Cunha 1994: (systematics); Yamane et al. 1995: 294 (synonymy); Roubik 1996: 61 (distribution); BRUNEI, Kuala Belalong; Nagamitsu & Inoue 1997: 433 (pollination); Floral record: Santiria laevigata ; Michener 1997: 25 ( type species); Nagamitsu & Inoue 1998: (foraging, morphology); Heard & Dollin 1998: (citation); Heard & Dollin 1998: 11 (pollination); Floral record: Averrhoa carambola ; Liow 1999: 106, 127 (distribution); Nagamitsu et al. 1999: (floral records (not by species), foraging); Heard 1999a: 191, 192, 195 (citation); Michener 2000: 801-802; Chinajariyawong & Saiboon 2000: (distribution, nest (as thorasica!)); THAILAND, Songkhla; Liow et al. 2001: 184; Nagamitsu & Inoue 2002: 305 (foraging); Eltz et al. 2003: 309 (citation); Eltz 2004: 322 (abundance); Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 76, 81, 83, 86, plate 9 (distribution, foraging); Klakasikorn et al. 2005: 3, 6 (floral record); Floral record: Dipterocarpus alatus ; Hopea ; Roubik 2006: 129, 130, 131 (nest); Slaa et al. 2006: 297 (citation); Inson & Malaipan 2006: (distribution, foraging, nest); THAILAND, Kanchanaburi, Thong Pha Phum; Rasmussen & Cameron 2007: (systematics); Michener 2007a: 826.

Geniotrigona indet. Roubik 2006: 130 (nest).