Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue: 2

First Record of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia

  • Author:
  • Manap Trianto1, Tuty Arisuryanti1,*, Hari Purwanto1, Rosichon Ubaidillah2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Sep 25, 2025
  • Page Number: 248 to 250

1Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), 16915, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

*Email: tuty-arisuryanti@ugm.ac.id (corresponding author)

Online Published on 25 September, 2025.

Abstract

The biodiversity survey of stingless bees in Lore Lindu National Park, resulted in a first record, Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. This species was known from the Java, Borneo, and Sumatra, note that the distribution does not extend east of Wallace line. Now this record in Sulawesi shows the range expansion of this stingless bee among Asian countries.

Keywords

Heterotrigona itama conservation, Distribution, Diversity, Ecology, Genetic, Lore Lindu National Park, Meliponiculture, First record, Pollination, Stingless bee, 16S rRNA