Partamona bilineata (Say, 1837)
Common Names: "ch'o'och'", "xnuk"
Trigona bilineata
Say, T. (1837). Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1(4): 393-416 [414] .
Type data: neotype UNAM <F>worker.
Subsequent designation: Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [53] .
Type locality: México, Vera Cruz, Xico, Cascada de Texolo.
Trigona pallida nigrita
Friese, H. (1901). Neue arten der Bienengattung Trigona Jur. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 265-271 [269] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F>workers (3), <M>male (1) (probably in ZMB).
Type locality: Cordoba, México.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
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 [19, 22] (uncertain synonymy, the commonest species in the type-locality, Cordoba, Mexico, is P. bilineata)
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Campeche, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, México, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí); Neotropical Region: Belize (Belize, Corozal, Toledo), El Salvador (Cuscatlán, La Libertad, San Salvador, Santa Ana, Sonsonate), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, El Progreso, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Quiché, Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez, Sololá, Zacapa), Honduras (Comayagua, Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Santa Bárbara)
References
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Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 15, 19, 53-58, 61] (key, synonymy, neotype designation, redescription, diagnosis, male description, figures: male, geographic range, flower records: Baccharis glutinosa, Luffa cylindrica, Tripogandra angustifolia, Tripogandra sp., Apoplanesea paniculata, Donnellsmithia hintonii, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita sp., Salix sp., Asclepias sp., Lonchocarpus sp., Sechium edule, Salvia sp., Viguiera dentata)
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Camargo, J. M. F. & J. S. Moure (1988). Notas sobre os Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colecionados por Filippo Silvestri na bacia do Rio da Prata. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (2): 293-314 [358] (as Partamona bilineata, and Partamona aff. orizabaensis, taxonomic notes)
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, 317, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 368, 372] (nesting sites: tree cavities, artificial cavities, nest characteristics - citation, taxonomic characters, phylogeny, biogeography, geographic range)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaria de Fomento 3-20 pp. [20] (as Trigona bilineata, list)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1905). Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 31: 309-364 [323] (as Trigona bilineata, key)
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Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge xxii+682 pp. [289] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, list, colony size, geographic record, beekeeping)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [576] (as Melipona bilineata, list)
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Ducke, A. (1916). Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35 (5): 17-205 [120] (as Melipona pallida pallida aberr. nigritula [sic = nigrita], citation)
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Gonzalez, J. A. (1984). Acerca de la regionalización de la nomenclatura maya de las abejas sin aguijón (Melipona sp) en Yucatán. Rev. Geogr. Agric. 5-6: 190-193 [191, 192, 193] (as Partamona cupira, ethnobiology, Maya indians, folk names: Ch'o'och', Xnuk, medicinal properties of honey, nesting sites: exposed nests, cavities in walls, under roofs made with palm leaves, defense behavior)
Le Conte, J. L. (ed.) (1859). The complete writings of Thomas Say on the entomology of North America. New York: Baillière Brothers Vol. 2 1-814 pp. [788] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona bilineata [*from Pedro & Camargo, 2003])
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [496, 500] (as Trigona bilineata, partim: México, geographic record, citation; as Trigona cupira, partim: Guatemala [citations of Cockerell - Guatemala and Wheeler, 1913], geographic records, flower records: Vernonia aschenborniana, Ipomoea sidaefolia, citation; as Trigona pallida nigrita, geographic record, citation)
Martinez Del Rio, C. & Eguiarte, L. E. (1987). The effect of nectar availability on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Trigona testacea. Southwest. Nat. 32 (3): 313-319 [313-319] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona testacea, nectar foraging: Combretum farinosum)
Meléndez-Ramirez, V., Magaña-Rueda, S., Parra-Tabla, V., Ayala, R., & Navarro, J. (2002). Diversity of native bee visitors of cucurbit crops (Cucurbitaceae) in Yucatán, México. J. Insect Conservation 6: 135-147 [138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144] (flower records: Citrullus lanatus, Cucurbita moschata, Cucumis sativus, Cucumis melo)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [95, 100, 105, 115, 146] (as Partamona near cupira, partim: Mexico (ref. p. 115), figures; as Partamona bilineata, list, synonymic note)
Michener, C. D. (1999). The corbiculae of bees. Apidologie 30: 67-74 [71] (corbicula, figure)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [785, 789] (figures)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona aff. bilineata [error, P. bilineata does not occur in Colombia])
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 [1-2,9-14, 19-23, 31, 81-87, 96-97,99, 101, 104, 111] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting sites: natural and artificial cavities - citation, biogeography, geographic range, phylogeny, figures: male, worker, flower records: Antigonon lepolopus, Cassia, Bidens odorata, Bidens anthemoides, Bidens pilosa, Salix, Borreria verticilata, Crotalaria agathiflora, Cucurbita ficifolia, Tribulus cistoides, Valeriana palmeri, Mimosa pudica; as Trigona pallida var. nigrita, and Melipona pallida var. nigritula, taxonomic notes)
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Roubik, D. W. & Wheeler, Q. D. (1982). Flightless beetles and stingless bees: phoresy of Scotocryptine beetles (Leiodidae) on their meliponine hosts (Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 55 (1): 125-135 [127] (as Trigona cupira (partim, bees from Mexico), inquiline: Parabystus inquilinus (Leiodidae), citation, phoresy)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [448, 452] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, inquilines: Cyphoderus dimorphus Silvestri, (Entomobryidae, Collembola), Parabystus inquilinus (Liodidae, Coleoptera), citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [51, 164, 363, 376] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Paratrigona) lineata var. lineata, males, unfertilized queens, geographic record, nest transference; as Trigona (Partamona) testaceae variety orizabaënsis, taxonomic and synonymic notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [363, 368] (as Trigona (Partamona) testacea orizabaensis, geographic range, synonymic notes, key)
Silvestri, F. (1910). Della Trigona cupira Smith e di due ospiti del suo nido nel Messico. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. Portici 5: 65-71 [65-66, 67, 69] (as Trigona cupira, partim: Jalapa, México, inquilines: Scotocryptus (Parabystus) inquilinus (Coleoptera, Silphidae), Cyphoderus dimorphus Silvestri (Collembola, Entomobryidae), nest characteristics, nesting site: cavity in ground, figure)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [413] (as Trigona bilineata, list)
Strand, E. (1919). Über einige Apidae des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abt. A 83 (11): 57-71 [70] (as Trigona cupira, geographic records, taxonomic characters)
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [3, 4] (as Trigona cupira, geographic record, nesting site: in the ground, nest entrance, defense behavior, mud collecting)
Wille, A. & C. D. Michener (1973). The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 21 (Suplemento 1): 1-278 [12, 21, 45, 56] (as Trigona testacea orizabaensis and Trigona testacea orizabensis [sic], nesting sites: artificial cavities, partly exposed, nest characteristics, citation)
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