Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combinations: Tetragonula iridipennis, Trigona (Tetragonula) iridipennis, Trigona iridipennis

Synonyms: Meliponorytes devictus Cockerell 1921, Tetragona devicta Cockerell 1921, Tetragonula devicta Cockerell 1921, Trigona (Tetragonula) devicta Cockerell 1921, Trigona devicta Cockerell 1921

Full reference: F. Smith. 1854. Catalogue of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae 199-465

Belongs to Tetragonula (Tetragonula) according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023

See also Cockerell 1921, Kerr and da Cunha 1976, Kerr and Maule 1964, Moure and Camargo 1978, Rasmussen 2013, Sakagami 1978, Smith 1854, Spahr 1987, Wille 1977 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega, Tetragonula (Tetragonula) laeviceps

Type specimens:

• Tetragonula (Tetragonula) iridipennis: BMNH In.43809, an exoskeleton (In.43809)
• Meliponorytes devictus: BMNH In.20702, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese copal (BMNH coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese copal (BMNH coll) (Quaternary of Myanmar)

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