Biology:Austroplebeia

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Short description: Genus of insects

Austroplebeia
Austroplebeia australis female.jpg
Female Austroplebeia australis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Austroplebeia
Moure, 1961

Austroplebeia is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. The genus was erected by Jesus Santiago Moure in 1961.[1][2] The genus comprises five described species endemic to Australia and New Guinea.[3]Austroplebeia are more closely related to the African stingless bees than rest of the species found in Asia and Australia.[4]

The species of Austroplebeia are difficult to separate reliably by body size or morphology[5] except for A. cincta which can be distinguished readily by its colouration and pilosity.[6] There are also few differences in their nest structures. This has hindered taxonomic studies to date and no workable key exists for the Austroplebeia species.[7]

All species are small, black and robust (length: 3.0–4.9 mm) and differ from other stingless bee species that co-occur in the same region (i.e. Tetragonula, Platytrigona, Papuatrigona) by the presence of cream or yellow markings in their head and thorax.[3] Most species construct their nests largely from wax, unlike most stingless bees, they use propolis sparingly. They construct a fine, lacy curtain of resin droplets over their nest entrance at night in order to protect against ants and other predators.[8][9]

In Australia, people keep these bees in logs or wooden hives made of boxes.[8][9] They show potential as pollinators of both field and greenhouse crops[10][11][12]

Species

In alphabetical order:[13]

Gallery

  • Austroplebeia worker faces

  • A. cincta (New Guinea population) worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

  • A. cincta (Queensland population) worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

  • A. essingtoni worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

  • A. australis worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

  • A. cassiae worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

  • A. magna worker face. Scale bar = 0.25 mm

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. (1990-09-21). "Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera)". University of Kansas Science Bulletin (Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas) 54 (4): 75–164. ISSN 0022-8850. OCLC 23011586.  BioStor BHL ResearchGate Publication 313186394
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dollin, Anne E.; Dollin, Leslie J.; Rasmussen, Claus (2015-11-23). "Australian and New Guinean Stingless Bees of the Genus Austroplebeia Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae)—a revision" (in en). Zootaxa 4047 (1): 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4047.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624733. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4047.1.1. 
  4. ↑ RASMUSSEN, CLAUS; CAMERON, SYDNEY A. (2010-01-01). "Global stingless bee phylogeny supports ancient divergence, vicariance, and long distance dispersal". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99 (1): 206–232. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01341.x. ISSN 0024-4066. 
  5. ↑ Dollin, Anne E.; Dollin, Leslie J.; Sakagami, the late Shôichi F. (1997). "Australian stingless bees of the genus Trigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" (in en). Invertebrate Systematics 11 (6): 861–896. doi:10.1071/it96020. ISSN 1447-2600. https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/it96020. 
  6. ↑ Halcroft, Megan Therese; Dollin, Anne; Francoy, Tiago Mauricio; King, Jocelyn Ellen; Riegler, Markus; Haigh, Anthony Mark; Spooner-Hart, Robert Neil (2016-01-01). "Delimiting the species within the genus Austroplebeia, an Australian stingless bee, using multiple methodologies" (in en). Apidologie 47 (1): 76–89. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0377-7. ISSN 1297-9678. 
  7. ↑ Rasmussen, Claus (2008-11-17). "Catalog of the Indo-Malayan/Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)" (in en). Zootaxa 1935 (1): 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1935.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1935.1.1. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Halcroft, Megan; Spooner-Hart, Robert; Dollin, Lig Anne (2013), Vit, Patricia; Pedro, Silvia R. M.; Roubik, David, eds., "Australian Stingless Bees" (in en), Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees (New York, NY: Springer): pp. 35–72, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_3, ISBN 978-1-4614-4960-7, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_3, retrieved 2021-03-23 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Heard, Tim (2016). The Australian native bee book : keeping stingless bee hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag honey. West End, Brisbane, Qld. ISBN 978-0-646-93997-1. OCLC 910915206. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910915206. 
  10. ↑ Cunningham, Saul A.; FitzGibbon, Frances; Heard, Tim A. (2002). "The future of pollinators for Australian agriculture" (in en). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 53 (8): 893–900. doi:10.1071/ar01186. ISSN 1444-9838. https://www.publish.csiro.au/ar/ar01186. 
  11. ↑ Greco, Mark K.; Spooner-Hart, Robert N.; Beattie, Andrew G. A. C.; Barchia, Idris; Holford, Paul (2011-01-01). "Australian stingless bees improve greenhouse Capsicum production". Journal of Apicultural Research 50 (2): 102–115. doi:10.3896/IBRA.1.50.2.02. ISSN 0021-8839. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.50.2.02. 
  12. ↑ Halcroft, Megan Therese (2012). Investigations into the biology, behaviour and phylogeny of a potential crop pollinator: the Australian stingless bee, Austroplebeia australis. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Western Sydney.
  13. ↑ Dollin, A.E.; Dollin, L.J.; Rasmussen, C. (2015-11-23). "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. ISBN 978-1-77557-837-6. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26624733.  ResearchGate Publication 284403872

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14480669 entry




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