| 释义 |
karbi Austral.|ˈkɑːbɪ|
[Aboriginal name.]
A small, dark, stingless, native bee, Trigona carbonaria.
1884H. J. Hockings in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 149 Of these stingless bees of Australia two varieties only have come under my immediate observation... ‘Karbi’ or ‘Keelar’ and ‘Kootchar’ are the names given to them by the natives. Ibid. 150 ‘Karbi’ gather but little honey. 1932Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) XLVIII. x. 185 The aborigines were familiar with several species, and..Trigona cassiæ Ckll. is known as ‘Koochee’, and Trigona carbonaria Smith, as ‘Koobee’, or ‘Karbi’. 1948Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XC. 22/1 The spiral staircase type of nest was recorded by Hockings..in the case of an Australian Trigona known as ‘karbi’ or ‘keelar’ that he believed to be carbonaria F. Smith. |