Austroplebeia

Austroplebeia is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. The genus was erected by Jesus Santiago Moure in 1961.[1][2]

Austroplebeia
Female Austroplebeia australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Austroplebeia
Moure, 1961

Species

In alphabetical order:[3]

Revised classifications
old new
Austroplebeia cockerelliAustroplebeia australis
Austroplebeia ornata Austroplebeia australis
Austroplebeia percinctaAustroplebeia australis
Austroplebeia symei Austroplebeia cassiae
Austroplebeia websteri[4]Austroplebeia australis
Austroplebeia images
  • An Austroplebeia australis bee defending against Apis mellifera
  • Austroplebeia australis female worker
  • Austroplebeia australis male drone
  • Austroplebeia cassiae female worker
  • Austroplebeia cassiae male drone

References
  1. Moure, J.S. (1961). "A Preliminary Supra-specific Classification of the Old World Meliponine Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)". Studia Entomologica. Editora Vozes. 4 (1–4): 181–242. ISSN 0585-5098. OCLC 430338837.
  2. Michener, C.D. (21 September 1990) [1990]. "Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera)". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas. 54 (4): 75–164. ISSN 0022-8850. OCLC 23011586. S2CID 82977325. BioStor BHL ResearchGate Publication 313186394
  3. Dollin, A.E.; Dollin, L.J.; Rasmussen, C. (23 November 2015) [2015]. "Australian and New Guinean Stingless Bees of the Genus Austroplebeia Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - a revision". Zootaxa. 4047 (1): 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4047.1.1. eISSN 1175-5334. ISBN 978-1-77557-837-6. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26624733. S2CID 2024534. ResearchGate Publication 284403872
  4. Rayment, T. (5 August 1932) [1932]. "The stingless bees of Australia. 6. The finding of a new species". The Victorian Naturalist. 49 (4): 104–107. ISSN 0042-5184. BioStor BHL Google Scholar


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