Tetragonula (Tetragonula) laeviceps Smith 1858 (stingless bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combination: Trigona laeviceps
Full reference: F. Smith. 1858. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology 2:42-130
Belongs to Tetragonula (Tetragonula) according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Cockerell 1922, Smith 1858 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega, Tetragonula (Tetragonula) iridipennis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese copal (BMNH coll) (Quaternary of Myanmar)
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