Partamona nigrior (Cockerell, 1925)
Trigona cupira nigrior
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1925). Descriptions and records of bees - CVII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 626-627 [627] .
Type data: holotype USNM 28505 <F>worker , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1) , paratype MCZ 25576 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Trinidad, B.W.I., April 16, 1925 (Hester M. Rohwer).
Partamona nigrilabris
Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2003). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (Supl. 1): 1-117 [60] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F>worker , paratype DZUP <F>workers (8) , paratype RPSP <F>workers (12).
Type locality: Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
Etymology: from the Latin, niger = black, + labrum = lip, referring to the black color of rhe labrum..
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2003). Partamona nigrilabris Pedro & Camargo, 2003, um novo sinônimo de P. nigrior (Cockerell, 1925) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (3): 481-481 [481]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Roraima [Amajari, Cantá]), Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Aragua, Bolívar, Sucre)
References
Bravo, F. (1992). Sistemática e distribuição de Parapartamona Schwarz (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 36 (4): 863 - 878 [864] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona aff. nigrior, cladistic analysis, outgroup)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1980). O grupo Partamona (Partamona) testacea (Klug): suas espécies, distribuição e diferenciação geográfica (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). Acta Amazonica 10 (4, suplemento): 1-175 [9] (as Partamona (Partamona) nigrior, list)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2003). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) - bionomia e biogeografia. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (3): 311-372 [314, 316, 322-326, 369, 372] (nesting site: wall, fixed in tree trunks - citation, nest architecture, taxonomic characters, phylogeny, biogeography, geographic range)
Cunha, R. A. (1973). Taxonomia numérica de alguns Meliponinae (Hymenoptera- Apidae). Ciência Biológica (Portugal) 1: 25-42 [27 (reprint, 3)] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) nigrior, unnumbered pages: figures 2-7, phenetic analysis, phenograms)
Cunha, R. A. (1991). Revisão da taxonomia de alguns Meliponinae por métodos fenéticos (Hym., Apidae). Naturalia (São Paulo) 16: 33-53 [36, 40, 43, 44, 46-48, 50] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) nigrior, OTU 26, phenetic analysis, phenograms)
Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2003). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (Supl. 1): 1-117 [1,2,8, 10,12,17, 58-61, 64,81-87, 90,96,98, 100,102,108, 111] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting site: "clay nest on lab. wall"- citation, biogeography, geographic range, phylogeny, biogeography, figures: male, worker; as Partamona nigrilabris, key, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, biogeography, geographic range, phylogeny, figures: worker)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [477, 478] (as Trigona (Patera) testacea nigrior, synonymy, taxonomic notes, geographic records, nesting site: "clay nest on lab. wall")
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [103] (as Trigona (Partamona) testacea variety nigrior, flower record: Antigonon leptopus, male)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [90] (list, geographic range)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023