The stingless honeybees of Arnhem Land (sugarbag) are a culturally important, but hard-to-identify group of insects. As a result, the dictionary definitions of these creatures in a range of Australian languages tend to lack precise scientific identifications, while also containing inaccurate or contradictory ethnobiological information. This paper attempts to address this problem by investigating honeybee terms and their semantics in 10 languages of western and central Arnhem Land. Biological specimens were collected in the presence of knowledgeable speakers of three languages, and identified by a taxonomist. Interviews with speakers of the remaining seven languages allowed the assigning of identifications to bee names in these languages. While the names and identifications of bee names in the languages Kune and Rembarrnga are presented here with a high degree of certainty, the proposed name correspondences, ethnospecies categories and scientific identifications for the remaining languages are tentative. Issues such as cross-linguistic patterns in naming, and inter-speaker and inter-language variation in the conceptualization of named categories are discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion on the lexicographic challenges of writing scientifically accurate and culturally sensitive definitions of invertebrate names.

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阿纳姆地的无刺蜜蜂（糖袋）命名、识别和概念化——一种词典学方法

阿纳姆地的无刺蜜蜂（糖袋）是一种具有重要文化意义但难以识别的昆虫群。因此，在一系列澳大利亚语言中，这些生物的词典定义往往缺乏精确的科学识别，同时还包含不准确或相互矛盾的民族生物学信息。本文试图通过调查阿纳姆地西部和中部 10 种语言中的蜜蜂术语及其语义来解决这个问题。生物标本是在三种语言的知识渊博的人在场的情况下收集的，并由分类学家进行鉴定。与使用其余七种语言的人的访谈允许为这些语言中的蜜蜂名称分配标识。虽然此处以高度确定性呈现了 Kune 和 Rembarrnga 语言中蜜蜂名称的名称和识别，但其余语言的拟议名称对应关系、人种类别和科学识别是暂定的。讨论了诸如命名中的跨语言模式以及命名类别概念化中的讲者间和语言间变化等问题。本文最后讨论了编写科学准确和文化敏感的无脊椎动物名称定义的词典编纂挑战。讨论了命名类别的概念化中的说话者间和语言间变化。本文最后讨论了编写科学准确和文化敏感的无脊椎动物名称定义的词典编纂挑战。讨论了命名类别的概念化中的说话者间和语言间变化。本文最后讨论了编写科学准确和文化敏感的无脊椎动物名称定义的词典编纂挑战。