1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Austroplebeia australis (Friese, 1898) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) Common Name "Austroplebeia australis" Sugarbag bee Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/138711 Image Library Australian Pollinators Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/ Partners for Australian Pollinators image library Western Australian Museum https://museum.wa.gov.au/ South Australian Museum https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ Australian Museum https://australian.museum/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Discovery Centre - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2010) "Austroplebeia australis" Sugarbag bee(Austroplebeia australis)Updated on 11/18/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/138711 2.3. Facets Status: Native Australian Beneficial Species Host Genera: Fresh Flowers Bio-Region: Australasian - Oceanian Host Family: Brassicaceae, Campanulaceae, Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, Rhamnaceae 2.4. Diagnostic Notes Austroplebeia australis (Friese, 1898) Trigona australis Mocsáry, S. 1898. in Friese, H. Die Trigona-Arten Australiens. Természetrajzi Füzetek 21: 427–431 [430]. Type data: Syntype(s) SMNS workers (number of specimens unknown), Central Australia. 2.5. References Drumond, P.M, Oldroyd, B.P., Dollin, A.E. & L.J. Dollin 1999. Oviposition behaviour of two Australian stingless bees, Austroplebeia symei Rayment and Austroplebeia australis Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Australian Journal of Entomology 38(3): 234-241 [234-241] Drumond, P.M., Oldroyd, B.P. & Osborne, K. 2000. Worker reproduction in Austroplebeia australis Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Insectes Sociaux 47: 333-336 [333] (biology) Goebel, R.L. 1986. Australian native bees. Queensland Agricultural Journal 112: 285-286 (biology) Hockings, H.J. 1884. Notes on two Australian species of Trigona. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884: 149-157 (biology, under aboriginal name 'kootchar') McKenzie, E. 1975. Growing up with aborigines. Queensland Naturalist 21: 46-51 (honey) Michener, C.D. 1961. Observations on the nests and behavior of Trigona in Australia and New Guinea (Hymenoptera, Apidae). American Museum Novitates 2026: 1-46 (biology, as Trigona (Plebeia) australis Friese, 1898) Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 (illustration, flower record, as Trigona (Plebeia) australis Friese, 1898) Michener, C.D. 1974. The Social Behaviour of the Bees. A comparative study. Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 404 pp. [31/12/1974] (biology) Michener, C.D. 1990. Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54: 75-164 (illustration) Milborrow, B.V., Kennedy, J.M. & Dollin A. 1987. Composition of wax made by the Australian stingless bee Trigona australis. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 15-25 (biochemistry) Moure, J.S. 1961. A preliminary supra-specific classification of the Old World meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica ns 4: 181-242 (generic placement) Rayment, T. 1932. The stingless bees of Australia. 6. The finding of a new species. Victorian Naturalist 49: 104-107 (taxonomy) Wagner, A. & Dollin, L. 1982. Probing the mysteries of the N.S.W. native bees. Australasian Beekeeper 83: 157-161 (biology, distribution) Wagner, A.E. & Briscoe, D.A. 1983. An absence of enzyme variability within two species of Trigona (Hymenoptera). Heredity 50: 97-103 (genetic variability) 3. Diagnostic Images Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Antenna - female: Ken Walker Museums Dorsal female view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Dorsal male view: Ken Walker Museums Genitalia - male: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Head front - female: Ken Walker Museums Head Front Image - Male: Ken Walker Victoria Museums Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Hind tibia female: Ken Walker Museums Hind tibia male: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Lateral female view: Ken Walker Museums Lateral male view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Malar space - female: Ken Walker Museums Mesoscutum - female: Ken Walker Victoria Museums Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Mesoscutum - male: Ken Walker Museums Mesoscutum female oblique view: Ken Victoria Walker Museums Victoria Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Qld. Edungalla, Sept 1996, Les and Anne Dollin Dollin Mesosomal female view: Ken Walker Mesosomal male view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Museums Victoria 4. Other Images Results Generated: Saturday, September 25, 2021 .