Open AccessReport on the stingless bees of Bhutan (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Author(s) -
Tshering Nidup
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.4504.13.5.18344-18348
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , apidae , nest (protein structural motif) , biology , zoology , ecology , stingless bee , biochemistry
Two species of stingless bees, Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami) and Lepidotrigona arcifera (Cockerell), are reported from Bhutan for the first time. The nest description and meliponiculture are described. This is the gross underestimation of Meliponini diversity in Bhutan and summons more study on the diversity, biology, and meliponiculture.