Austroplebeia cincta is a small eusocial stingless bee first described by Mocsáry in 1898[1] and it is found across Australia (far North Queensland), West Papua, and Papua New Guinea (East and Centre).

[3] Unlike the rest of Austroplebeia species, the males are darker than the workers, lacking the thorax markings.

[3][4] A. cincta also builds very long entrance tunnels (17–43 cm) to avoid predation by ants.

In difference to other species of Austroplebeia, A. cincta does not construct a mesh of resin droplets around the entrance.

One exemption is when the nest is being threatened by predators such as green ants in which case, the bees would build a full or partial closure over their tunnel entrance.