New record of the stingless bee Tetragonula gressitti from India (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Authors

  • Vikram S. Rathor Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, INDIA
  • Claus Rasmussen Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK
  • Malkiat S. Saini Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, INDIA

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https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i7.4454

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Abstract

Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami, 1978), currently known from southern Vietnam, is here reported for the first time from dense forests in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. This new record is about 2000 km northwest of the type locality of T. gressitti in Vietnam and increases to seven the number of stingless bees known in India. Taxonomic comments on T. gressitti are also provided.

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Author Biographies

  • Vikram S. Rathor, Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, INDIA
  • Claus Rasmussen, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK
  • Malkiat S. Saini, Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, INDIA

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Rasmussen, C., & S.A. Cameron. 2010. Global stingless bee phylogeny supports ancient divergence, vicariance, and long distance dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 99: 206–232.

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06-03-2013

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No. 7 (2013): New record of the stingless bee Tetragonula gressittii from India (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

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Rathor, V. S., Rasmussen, C., & Saini, M. S. (2013). New record of the stingless bee Tetragonula gressitti from India (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Journal of Melittology, 7, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i7.4454

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