Partamona batesi Pedro & Camargo, 2003
Partamona batesi
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 [37] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 627c, nest number <F>worker , paratype RPSP 627c, nest number <F>workers (+59), <M>males (+12) , paratype RPSP 626c, nest number <F>workers(+60)<M>males(+3).
Type locality: Nogueiras, Lago de Tefé, AM, Brasil.
Etymology: Homage to Henry Walter Bates.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Acrelândia], Amazonas [Alvarães, Carauari, Fonte Boa, Humaitá, Juruá, Lábrea, Tapauá, Tefé], Rondônia)
References
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 [315-318, 322, 324, 333, 335, 336, 344, 362, 363, 369, 372] (nesting sites: external arboreous termite nests, hosts: Nasutitermes acangussu Bandeira & Fontes, Nasutitermes spp., nest architecture, taxonomic characters, phylogeny, biogeography, geographic range, nests figures)
Chittka, L., Schorn, J., de Souza, J. M., Ventura, D. F. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1999). The nest entrance signal of the Amazonian bees Partamona pearsoni - a case where insects design their own flight targets pp. 107-116 in Kipyatkov, V. E. (ed.) Proceedings of the international colloquia on social insects Vol. 3-4. St. Petersburg: Socium 311 pp. [107-116] (as Partamona pearsoni, nest entrance, vision pattern, figure: nest)
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 [1,8-9, 12-13, 15, 34, 37-39, 81-88, 96-97, 99, 105, 111] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting sites: external arboreous termite nests, hosts: Nasutitermes acangussu Bandeira & Fontes, Nasutitermes spp., geographic range, biogeography, phylogeny, figures: male, worker)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [75] (as Partamona pearsoni, nest entrance)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023