Tetragonula praeterita (Walker, 1860)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1860 or before
Since rediscovered
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Walker, F. (1860). Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 5: 304-311.
Other references:
Rasmussen, Claus. (2013). Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge. Zootaxa 3647(3): 401-428.
Silva, T. H. Saumya E. et al. (2018). Rediscovery of Tetragonula praeterita after 1860: an unremarked common stingless bee endemic to Sri Lanka. J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka 46(1): 109-113. [automatic download]
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