Geniotrigona thoracica
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
name: Thomas, Jennifer C.
name: Engel, Michael S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Geniotrigona
Geniotrigona thoracica

description: Geniotrigona thoracica (Smith)   Figures 1B, 2C, 4C, 4D, 5B, 6  
 Trigona thoracica Smith, 1857: 50.   
 Melipona thoracica (Smith); Dalla Torre, 1896: 584.   
 Trigona ambusta Cockerell, 1918: 387. Synonymy vide Schwarz (1939).   
 Trigona thoracica variety ambusta (Cockerell); Schwarz, 1937: 327.   
 Trigona (Tetragona) thoracica Smith; Schwarz, 1939: 104.   
 Geniotrigona thoracica (Smith); Moure, 1961: 212.   
 Trigona (Geniotrigona) thoracica Smith; Sakagami, 1975: 56.   
 Trigona (Heterotrigona) thoracica Smith; Michener, 1990: 126.   
 MATERIAL EXAMINED (n = 98⚲⚲, 1033): MALAYSIA: Kedah: 1⚲, Malay Penin. [Malay Peninsula], Kedah, Alor Setar, Gunong Keriang, April 1, 1928 (AMNH); Pahang: 1⚲, Frasers Hill, F.M.S. [Federated Malay States], 30.ix.29 [30 September 1929], N.C.E. Miller (AMNH); 1⚲, Malay Penin. [Malay Peninsula], Pahang, F.M.S. [Federated Malay States], Jerantut, Datu Dalan [?], March 19, 1927 (AMNH); Perak: 1⚲, Malaya, Maxwell Gardens, Taiping Hills, 3300 ft., 12.xi.1931 [12 November 1931], H.T. Pagden (AMNH); Selangor: 2⚲⚲, Malaysia: Selangor, Kepong, 9-VIII-2004, H.R. Hepburn, ex: caught on flowers (SEMC); 3⚲⚲, Malaysia: Selangor, Phoon Chun Guan, March 1980, R9, Azhar P.C. Guan (SEMC); 7⚲⚲, Malaysia: Selangor, Kepong, Sept. 1976, S. Appanah (SEMC); 2⚲⚲, Malaysia, W. Selangor, Serdaag, 1983, on Brazil nut (SEMC); 1⚲, Malaya, Bukit Kutu [peak near Kuala Kubu], 30.i.1930 [30 January 1930], H.T. Pagden, 3485 ft. (AMNH); Kuala Lumpur: 18⚲⚲, Malaysia: Kepong Forest Res. Inst., 18 October 1975, Rudolf Jander (SEMC); 1⚲, Malay Penin. [Malay Peninsula], ex: Coll. Agr. Dept. Kuala Lumpur, April 23, 1909 (AMNH); Johor: 1⚲, Malaysia: Johor, 15.3 km W. Sedili Besar, 16 Oct 1986, John W. Wenzel (SEMC); Malacca: 1⚲, Malacca, Kuala Kubu [it is unclear which locality Buttel-Reepen is referring to as “Kuala Kubu” is in Selangor, we have merely listed it as it appears on his label], 3.1912 [March 1912], Butt. - Reep. [Buttel-Reepen] (AMNH); SINGAPORE: 14⚲⚲, Singapore, Bukit Timah, 12 Oct 1986, J.W. Wenzel (SEMC); THAILAND: Sisaket: 1⚲, Thailand, Sisaket, Huai Thap Than Distr., 25.iii.2004, S. Thummajitsakul (SEMC); Prachuap Khiri Khan: 2⚲⚲, Thailand, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thap Sakae Distr., 12.ii.2006, S. Thummajitsakul (SEMC); 7⚲⚲, Thailand: Prachuap Khiri Khan Prov., Huai Yang waterfall, 25 km SW Prachuap Khiri Khan, 27 January 1993, S. Boongird, C. Michener (SEMC); 6⚲⚲, Thailand: Prachuabkirikan Prov., Huay Yang Waterfall, 30.iii.2004, S. Boongird (SEMC); 1⚲, Thailand, Thap-Sakae, 2.9.76 [2 September 1976], Pauly rec, composit, radiee, blanche (CRC); Ranong: 1⚲, S. Thailand, hills above hot springs, 29.4.08 [29 April 2008], Ranong, Ranong Prov., Hans Bänziger leg. (SEMC); 8⚲⚲, Thailand: Ranong Prov., Muang Distr., 9–13 Nov 2002, Samnuk [sic: Somnuk] Boongird (SEMC); 333, Thailand, Ngao, A. Muang, Ranong, 16.12.03 [16 December 2003], [S. Boongird] (SEMC); Surat Thani: 2⚲⚲, Thailand, Surat Thani, Chaiya Distr., 20.x.2003, S. Thummajitsakul (SEMC); Phang Nga: 2⚲⚲, Thailand, Phang Nga Prov., Khao Sok National Park, between Takua Pa and Khao Mok, March 2000, D.R. Smith (SEMC); Krabi: 5⚲⚲, Thailand: Krabi Prov., Owluk Distr., 8–15 Nov 2002, Samnuk [sic: Somnuk] Boongird (SEMC); 733, Thailand: Krabi Prov., Khoa Phanom Distr., 13.v.2004, S. Boongird (SEMC); Songkhla: 4⚲⚲, Ban Prakamp, Song Kalo Prov. [Songkhla Province], vii.18.28 [18 July 1928], Siam [Thailand] (AMNH); INDONESIA: North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara): 4⚲⚲, O. Sumatra [Ost Sumatra], [illegible], 7.1932 [July 1932] (AMNH); South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan): 1⚲, S. Sumatra [South Sumatra], Kedaton, 150 m, 28 Maart 1937 [28 March 1937], J.v.d. Vecht (AMNH); 1⚲, Z. Sumatra [Zuid Sumatra], Ranau [Lake Ranau], 24.viii.33 [24 August 1933], H.R.A. Miller (AMNH).
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, Thomas, Jennifer C. & Engel, Michael S., 2017, A New Genus of Eastern Hemisphere Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a Key to the Supraspecific Groups of Indomalayan and Australasian Meliponini, pp. 1-36 in American Museum Novitates 2017 (3888) on page 13, DOI: 10.1206/3888.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5369179