Partamona peckolti (Friese, 1901)
Trigona peckolti
Friese, H. (1901). Neue arten der Bienengattung Trigona Jur. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 265-271 [265] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <F> worker (1) , paralectotype AMNH 22899 <F> worker (1) , paralectotype MZUSP <F> worker (1) , paralectotype ZMB <F> workers (3) , paralectotype ZSM <F> worker (1).
Subsequent designation: Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [444] .
Type locality: Popayan, Colombia, 1900, Lehmann.
Etymology: homage to Dr. Theod. Peckolt.
Partamona atrolutea
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 [27] (nom. nud., J. S. Moure labeled some specimens from San Pedro de Mendoza and San Pablo de Mendoza, Trujillo, Colombia (19.XI.1922, H. Pittier, USNM, DZUP), as Partamona atrolutea sp. n., but never published the name) .
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Bolívar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Manabi, Pichincha), Panama (Coclé, Colón, Darién, Herrera, Panamá, San Blas), Peru (La Libertad, Lambayeque), Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Distrito Federal, Lara, Mérida, Trujillo, Táchira)
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Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [256, 257] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona near cupira, morphology, labium, figure)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [155, 156, 157] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, Trigona (Partamona) gr. cupira and Trigona (Partamona) peckolti, partim: Arbeláez, La Palma, Pandi, Villeta, Paime, Pacho, Quipile, Sasaima, Sincé, list, citation, geographic records, folk names: "tierreras", "perreras", "minaches", "currunchos")
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239, 247] (as Partamona peckolti peckolti, list, altitudinal records, citation; ? uncertain identity, Partamona gr. cupira, partim: Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Choco, Sucre, Valle del Cauca, list, citation)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [69, 71, 72, 74] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) gr. cupira, defense behavior, nest characteristics, association: termites, ants)
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Nogueira-Neto, P. (1954). Notas bionômicas sôbre Meliponíneos III- Sôbre a enxameagem (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 42: 419-452 [425] (as Trigona (Partamona) testacea, males aggregation, note, citation)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1997). Vida e criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão. São Paulo: Editora Nogueirapis 1-446 pp. [103] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona testacea, nest abundance, nesting site: external or semi-external, on walls of ruins)
Oliveira, B. L. (1965). Observações em larvas e pupas de Plebeia (Plebeia) droryana (Friese, 1900). (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 18 (4): 29-38 [29, 36] (as Partamona (Partamona) cupira, morphology, larva, pupa, comparative note, citation)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [281, 282, 287, 288] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) cupira and T. (P.) grupo cupira, partim: western Andes, geographic record, nesting sites: in soil, on tree trunks and branches, in roots of fallen tree, on wall of buildings, nest characteristics, exposed, semi-exposed, flower records: Liliaceae, Mimosa pudica (pollen), Verbenaceae (nectar), Vernonia sp., Merremia sp., Ipomoea sp., Fuchsia sp., Bactris gasipaes (pollen), Elaeis oleifera, pollinaria (Orchidaceae), taxonomic note)
Parra, G. (1990). Bionomia de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 57-58: 77-116 [80-84, 88-89, 94, 97, 101, 108] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) grupo cupira, and T. (P.) cupira, nesting sites: on soil, on tree branches, in roots of epiphytes, tree cavities, artificial cavities, cavities in slopes, on walls, nest characteristics, defense behavior, nest figure)
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Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [342] (Note on type material)
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Rocha, M. P., Pompolo, S. G. & Campos, L. A. O. (2003). Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 311-320 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [317] (chromosomes number (2n=34), citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1982). The ecological impact of nectar-robbing bees and pollinating hummingbirds on a tropical shrub. Ecology 63 (2): 354-360 [358] (as Trigona cupira, nectar and pollen robber, flower record: Pavonia dasypetala (Malvaceae))
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [327, 329-331, 335, 339, 342, 345, 346, 348-350, 352, 353] (as Trigona (Partamona) aff. cupira and Trigona mulata (p. 352), nesting sites: tree cavities and artificial cavities, exposed around tree branches, nests in aggregations, nest characteristics, geographic records, synonymy, taxonomic note, defense behavior, nest population, honey: sugar concentration)
Roubik, D. W. (1990). Nesting and defence in tropical honeybees and stingless bees: you are what eats you? pp. 662-663 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [663] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona aff. cupira, defense behavior)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [500, 511, 516, 512, 523] (as Partamona peckolti peckolti and Partamona aff. cupira, key, taxonomic notes, figures, geographic range, nesting sites: single in root masses, or in large aggregations in a hard substrate, defense behavior, folk name: "zagaño", "enredapelos")
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [549] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona n. sp. near "cupira", geographic range - Panama)
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Roubik, D. W., Lobo Segura, J. A. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1997). New stingless bee genus endemic to Central American cloudforest: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Syst. Entomol. 22: 67-80 [78] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona aff. bilineata, geographic record, flower records: composites, Miconia)
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Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona (Partamona) peckolti, list)
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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 [264] (as Trigona cupira, nest population, citation)
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