Tetragonula sapiens
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| Tetragonula sapiens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Meliponini |
| Genus: | Tetragonula |
| Species: | T. sapiens |
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| Tetragonula sapiens | |
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Tetragonula sapiens is a species of stingless bee in the tribe Meliponini. It is native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It was described in 1911 by British-American entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell.[1][3]
These are small bees. The body length of the workers is 4 mm, wing length 3–4 mm. They are black to blackish-brown in colour.[2]
