Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898 )

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 31-32

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scientific name	Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898 )
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Tetragonula biroi ( Friese, 1898) View in CoL

Trigona birói Friese 1898: 428 View in CoL , 429: Syntypes (ZMHB, 2 workers): examined, "N. Guinea / Biró 96", "Friedrich- / Wilh.-hafen", " Trigona View in CoL / biroi / det. Friese 1897" (1 worker); "Philippinen / Schadenberg", " Trigona View in CoL / biroi / det. Friese 1897 / n.sp.", "Coll. / Friese" (1 worker) (key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: PHILIPPINES "Philippinen (Schadenburg)" (few workers); "N-Guinea (Berlinhafen und Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, 1896 Biró" (3 workers); Cockerell 1905: 220 (synonymy); Ashmead 1905: 957 (citation, distribution); PHILIPPINES; Brown 1906: 686 (distribution); PHILIPPINES; Friese 1909: 272, 273, 274 (key to species, taxonomy); PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Erima; Simbang; Strand 1911: 87 (synonymy); Cockerell 1912: 225 (comparative notes); Cockerell 1919c: 77, 79 (comparative notes, floral record, key to species); PHILIPPINES, Bataan, Lamao; Luzon, Los Banos; Floral record: Nipa fruticans ; Cockerell 1925c: 53, 55 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Bangui, Ilocos norte; Limay; Cockerell & LeVeque 1925: 175 (distribution, floral record); PHILIPPINES, Loquilocon; Samar; Wright (former Paranas); Floral record: Citrus View in CoL ; Melicope triphylla View in CoL ; Mimosa pudica View in CoL ; Hedicke 1926: 423 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Luzon; Mindanao; Siargao; Williams 1928: 91-92 (nest); Cockerell 1929d: 301 (comparative note (as birsi! )); Cockerell 1930a: 157 (distribution, floral record, uncertain identity); CAMBODIA, Tung Nui (misidentification); Satul (misidentification); Floral record: Melastoma malabaricum ; Schwarz 1939a: 85, 86, 90, 101, 119-120* (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Floral record: Citrus View in CoL ; Melicope triphylla View in CoL ; Mimosa pudica View in CoL ; Nipa fruticans ; Moure 1961: 209 (systematic position); Michener 1961: 28 (comparative note); Michener 1965: 231 (citation); Baltazar 1966: 406-407 (distribution); PHILIP- PINES, Luzon, Bataan; Ilocos Norte; Laguna; Masbate, Samar; Nueva Vizcaya; Siargao; Mindanao, Lanao; Starr & Sakagami 1987: 97 (citation); Camargo 1988: 371 (distribution); PHILIPPINES, Luzon, Mt. Makiling; Cervancia & Barile 1993: (foraging, nest); Floral record: Asystasia gangetica View in CoL ; Callistemon citrinus View in CoL ; Dillenia suffruticosa View in CoL ; Jatropha podagrica View in CoL ; Mussaenda View in CoL ; Nerine View in CoL ; Nicotiana tabacum View in CoL ; Plumbago auriculata ; Roubik 1995: 151 (antropogenic nest); Barile & Cervancia 1995: (ecology, flight, floral record, foraging, nest); Floral record: Antigonon leptopus ; Asystasia gangetica View in CoL ; Callistemon citrinus View in CoL ; Coccinia View in CoL ; Cocos nucifera View in CoL ; Dillenia suffruticosa View in CoL ; Euphorbia pulcherrima View in CoL ; Galphimia glauca View in CoL ; Hamelia patens View in CoL ; Impatiens balsamina View in CoL ; Ixora View in CoL ; Jatropha hastata View in CoL ; Jatropha podagrica View in CoL ; Leucaena leucocephala View in CoL ; Mussaenda View in CoL ; Nerine View in CoL ; Nicotiana tabacum View in CoL ; Plumbago auriculata ; Dollin et al. 1997: 877 (comparative note, distribution); PHILIPPINES; New Guinea; Oshy & Arikumar 2000: 1651 (pollination); Floral record: Bambusa vulgaris View in CoL ; Koshy et al. 2001: (see iridipennis View in CoL ); Cortopassi-Laurino et al. 2006: 303 (citation (as biro! )); Slaa et al. 2006: 303 (citation (as biro! )); Temaru et al. 2007: 282, 284 (honey properties).

Trigona bismarkiana 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).