Partamona epiphytophila Pedro & Camargo, 2003
Partamona epiphytophila
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 [31] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 86c, nest number <F>worker , paratype RPSP 86c, nest number <F>workers (+35), <M> male (1) , paratype RPSP 85c, nest number <F>workers (+32), <M> male (3).
Type locality: São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brasil.
Etymology: from the Greek, epi + phytón + philos, indicating the nesting substrate: among roots of epiphytes..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz), Brazil (Acre [Acrelândia, Capixaba, Cruzeiro Do Sul, Marechal Thaumaturgo, Mâncio Lima, Porto Walter, Rio Branco, Sena Madureira], Amazonas [Barcelos, Benjamin Constant, Carauari, Fonte Boa, Humaitá, Maraã, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, São Paulo De Olivença, Tefé, Tonantins]), Colombia (Amazonas, Cundinamarca, Meta), Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, Zamora Chinchipe), Peru (Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Ucayali), Venezuela (Amazonas)
References
Baumgartner, D. L. & Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology of Necrophilous and Filth-Gathering Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) of Peru. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62 (1): 11-22 [13, 14, 16] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) aff. cupira and T. (P.) cupira, synonymy, altitudinal range: 1000-1600 m, synanthropy, geographic record, non-floral baits: fish, human feces, carrion)
Cabrera Becerra, G. & Nates-Parra, G. (1999). Uso de las abejas por comunidades indígenas: los Nukak y las abejas sin aguijón pp. 59-70 in Nates-Parra, G. (ed.) Programa, Resúmenes y Memorias III Reunión de la IUSSI Bolivariana. Santafé de Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 122 pp. [63, 64, 66] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona gr. cupira, Partamona sp., folk name: "itchiwiawan", "tierreras", "perreras", nesting site: exposed or semiexposed on walls and tree trunks (?), defense behavior)
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 [314,316-318, 322,323,325, 327,328,337, 343,345,346, 368, 372] (nesting sites: among roots of epiphytes, base of palm leaves, under the eaves, nest characteristics, taxonomic characters, phylogeny, biogeography, geographic range, nests figures)
Gonzalez, L. & Brown, B. V. (2004). New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 730: 1-14 [7, 19,11] (synonymy, parasites: Melaloncha altobenia, M. atribiseta, M. sarmientoi (Phoridae))
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 [157] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) sp. and Trigona (Partamona) peckolti, partim: Guayabetal, geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239] (nom. nud., list (error, P. epiphytophila does not occur in Choco); ? uncertain identity, as Partamona gr. cupira, partim: Boyaca, Caquetá, Meta, list, citation)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [281] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) grupo cupira, partim: Caquetá, nesting site: adhered to human building)
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, 8, 12-14, 31-40, 81-88,93, 96, 97, 99, 101, 105, 111] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting sites: among roots of epiphytes, base of palm leaves, under the eaves, biogeography, geographic range, phylogeny, figures: male, worker, flower records: Maximilian [sic = Maximiliana])
Rech, A.R. & Absy, M.L. (2011). Pollen storages in nests of bees of the genera Partamona, Scaura and Trigona (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 55 (3): 361-372 [363] (Distribution)
Vergara, C. B., Villa, A. L. & Nates-Parra, G. (1986). Nidificación de meliponinos (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de la región central de Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical 34(2): 181-184 [183] (as Partamona (Partamona) grupo cupira, partim: Quetame, Gachala, and as Partamona (Partamona) sp., uncertain identity, nesting sites: tree cavities, nest characteristics, geographic records)
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [149, 156, 158] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona (Partamona) sp. and Partamona (P.) gr. cupira, partim: Quetame, Gachalá, geographic record, nesting sites: tree cavities, nest characteristics)
Weyrauch, W. (1942). Nidos de insectos peruanos en el Museo de Historia Natural. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" VI (20): 52-66 [64] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (number 182-40), nesting site: roots of orchid, nest characteristics)
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