Austroplebeia australis ( Friese, 1898 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 8

Austroplebeia australis ( Friese, 1898)

Trigona australis Friese 1898: 428 , 430, 431: Lectotype (ZMHB, worker): here designated, "C. Austr. / v. Müller.93", " Trigona / australis / det. Friese 1898 ", "n.sp."; paralectotypes (SMNS (unknown number), ZMHB (1)) (comparative note, key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: AUSTRALIA "C.-Australien (v. Müller 1893)" (many workers); "Burnett-River (Queensland, Simon 1891-92)" (several workers); Cockerell 1905: 221 (comparative notes); Friese 1909: 272, 273 (citation, key to species); AUSTRALIA, Queensland, Mackay; Cockerell 1930b: 150 (comparative note); Rayment 1932f: 107 (taxonomy); Rayment 1935: 735 (key to species); Schwarz 1948: 117; Moure 1961: 196 (morphology, systematic position); Michener 1961: 5-11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 27, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44 (aggressiveness, nest); Nogueira-Neto 1970: 266, 314; Wille & Michener 1973: 10, 18, 42, 53, 64, 82, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102-103, 267, 268 (nest); Sakagami et al. 1973: 180, 181 (comparative note); Michener 1974: 341, 342, 343 (nest); McKenzie 1975: (common name (kuta), honey); Sakagami 1982: 375 (citation); Wagner & Dollin 1982a: (distribution); Wille 1983: 48, 50 (nest); Wagner & Briscoe 1983: (genetics); Graur 1985: 194 (comparative note); Yong 1986: 628 (comparative note); Goebel 1986: (bee-keeping); Yong et al. 1987: 467 (biochemistry); Milborrow et al. 1987: (wax); Heard 1987: (nest); Michener 1990: 134, 137 (illustration, morphology, systematic position); Cardale 1993: 318 (distribution, floral record, list); AUSTRALIA, NE coastal; Queensland; New South Wales; SE coastal; Murray-Darling basin; Floral record: Alphitonia ; Angophora ; Callistemon ; Eucalyptus ; Melaleuca ; Rapistrum ; Swainsona ; Wahlenbergia ; Heard & Exley 1994: 97 (comparative note); Drumond et al. 1995: 43 (citation, comparative behavior); Heard 1996: (bee-keeping, nest); Dollin 1996a: (characteristics, nest); Dollin 1996b: (nest); Nogueira-Neto 1997: 85, 204, 334; Dollin & Heard 1997: (domestication); Dollin & Heard 1997: 4 (bee-keeping); Dollin 1997: (characteristics); Drumond et al. 1999: (oviposition); Crane 1999: 89, 90; Dollin & Heard 1999: (bee-keeping); Michener 2000: 782-783; Drumond et al. 2000: (reproduction); Heard & Dollin 2000: (bee-keeping); Green et al. 2001: 91 (microsatellite); Serrão 2001: (morphology (proventricular structure)); Palmer et al. 2002: 2112 (citation); Koedam et al. 2002: 231, 232 (comparative note, wax); Green & Oldroyd 2002: 197 (citation); Dollin 2002a: (bee-keeping); Dollin 2002b: (bee-keeping); Costa et al. 2003: (systematics); Heard 2003: (citation); Tóth et al. 2004: 6 (citation); Heiling & Herberstein 2004: (predator ( Thomisus spectabilis : Thomisidae : Araneae )); Slaa et al. 2006: 301 (pollination); Michener 2007a: 806-807; Temaru et al. 2007: 281 (honey properties); Klumpp 2007: 5, 6, 10, 11, 15-18, 29, 47, 51, 56, 57, 76, 77, 82.