Austroplebeia cincta

Austroplebeia cincta
Worker (left) and drone (right). The red arrows point at the characteristic yellow patch on the side of the thorax missing in the males.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Austroplebeia
Species:
A. cincta
Binomial name
Austroplebeia cincta
(Mocsáry, 1898)
Estimated current distribution of A. cincta in Australia and New Guinea
Synonyms
  • Trigona cincta Mocsáry, 1898

Austroplebeia cincta is a small eusocial stingless bee first described by Mocsáry in 1898 and it is found across Australia (far North Queensland), West Papua, and Papua New Guinea (East and Centre).