Partamona orizabaensis (Strand, 1919)
Trigona orizabaensis
Strand, E. (1919). Über einige Apidae des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abt. A 83 (11): 57-71 [71] .
Type data: lectotype DEIB <F>worker , paralectotype DEIB <F>workers (5).
Subsequent designation: 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 [29] .
Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico.
Partamona amaura
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [58] (nom. nud., the name "Partamona amaura", was proposed by Ayala, 1992, in his master thesis (Revision de las Abejas sin Aguijón de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., 74 p.).) .
Trigona cupira luteicornis
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 [30] (nom. nud. Friese labeled some specimens from San Jose, Costa Rica, 1903, Burgdorf leg., as types of Trigona cupira v. luteicornis, deposited in AMNH and ZMB.) .
Trigona (Partamona) testacea centralis
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 [29, 30] (nom. nud., H. F. Schwarz labeled some specimens, from Mexico and Costa Rica [Arroyo Choapan nr. Chiltepec, Rio Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, 10.XII.1937, A. Dampf, 24 (1 paratype, worker, Ac. 39959, in AMNH); Puredón (=Paredón?) San Isidro, San Jose, Costa Rica, 182, 7.VIII.1937, A. Alfaro (3 paratypes, males, RPSP); Congo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, N. 189, 20.IX.1937, A. Alfaro, acc. 35598 (3 paratypes, workers, RPSP)], with the name "Trigona (Partamona) testacea var. centralis", but it was not published) .
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz-Llave); Neotropical Region: Belize (Toledo), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), Guatemala (Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Quezaltenango, Zacapa), Honduras (Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Yoro), Nicaragua (Chinandega, Estelí, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Rivas), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 19, 57, 58] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic notes, geographic records)
Bentley, J. W. & Rodríguez, G. (2001). Honduran folk entomology. Curr. Anthropol. 42 (2): 285-301 [291] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona bilineata, folk names: "Morroco pequeño", "Morroco tapiero", "Talnete", cultural importance)
Biesmeijer, J. C., Richter, J. A. P., Smeets, M. A. J. P. & Sommeijer, M. J. (1999). Niche differentiation in nectar-collecting stingless bees: the influence of morphology, floral choice and interference competition. Ecol. Entomol. 24: 380-388 [382, 384, 385] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona aff. cupira and Partamona cupira, foraging behavior, artificial nectar source, experiments, interference competition)
Biesmeijer, J. C. & Slaa, E. J. (2004). Information flow and organization of stingless bee foraging. Apidologie 35: 143-157 [144, 148] (as Partamona orizabaensis, and Partamona aff. cupira, synonymy, foraging, behavior, citation)
Breed, M. D., McGlynn, T. P., Sanctuary, M. D., Stocker, E. M. & Cruz, R. (1999). Distribution and abundance of colonies of selected meliponine species in a Costa Rican tropical wet forest. J. Trop. Ecol. 15: 765-777 [765, 768-770, 772, 774] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona peckolti, carrion and honey baits, foraging, distribution and abundance of colonies)
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 [313,314,316, 317, 322-325, 327,328, 368,372] (nesting sites: cavities in soil, bases of palm leaves, among roots of epiphytes, abandoned bird's nests, abandoned termite's nest, holes in walls - citation, nest characteristics, taxonomic characters, phylogeny, biogeography, geographic range)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [10] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, partim, Costa Rica)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [464] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, partim, Costa Rica)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [490] (as Trigona (Partamona) testacea variety, geographic records)
Freire, J. A. H. & Gara, R. I. (1970). Algumas observações sobre o comportamento de algumas espécies do gênero Trigona (Apidae- Meliponini). Turrialba 20 (3): 351-356 [351, 352, 354, 355] (as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, baits, resin collecting: Eucalyptus citriodora, daily activity)
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [659, 682, 684, 690] (as Partamona cupira, flower records: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae), nesting sites: basis of palm leaves, underneath clumps of epiphytes, nest characteristics, citation)
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Howard, J. J. (1985). Observations on resin collecting by six interacting species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 58 (2): 337-345 [339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona aff. cupira, geographic record, behavior, resin collecting: Castilla elastica, body size, daily activity, interspecific interactions)
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] (as Trigona cupira, partim: Costa Rica, Panamá, geographic record, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [102, 111] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona near cupira, partim, males from Costa Rica, figure: male genitalia)
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Nieuwstadt, M. G. L. & Ruano, C. E. (1996). Relation between size and foraging range in stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponinae). Apidologie 27: 219-228 [220, 221, 222, 223] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona aff. cupira, foraging behavior, artificial nectar source, training, flight range, food source distance)
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 [1,2,7,8,11-13, 15,22,23,28-31, 81-87,92,96,97,99,101,104,111] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting sites: cavities in soil, bases of palm leaves, among roots of epiphytes, abandoned bird's nests, biogeography, geographic range, altitudinal record: 3,300m (11,000 ft., Cierro de la Muerte, Costa Rica), phylogeny, figures: male, worker, flower records: domestic squash, Bidens, Sechium edule, Gomphrena dispersa, Casuarina equisetifolia, Callalily, Asparagus oficinalis, Cassia, Spermacoce sp.)
Pereboom, J. J. M. & Biesmeijer, J. C. (2003). Thermal constraints for stingless bee foragers: the importance of body size and coloration. Oecologia (Berl.) 137: 42-50 [43, 44] (? uncertain identity, as Partamona cf. cupira, body color, body size, thermal characteristics, phylogeny - citation)
Ranger, S. & O'Donnell, S. (1999). Genotypic effects on forager behavior in the Neotropical stingless bee Partamona bilineata (Hymenoptera: Meliponidae). Naturwissenschaften 86: 187-190 [187, 188, 189] (uncertain identity, as Partamona bilineata, foraging, genotype)
Roubik, D. W. (1981). Comparative foraging behavior of Apis mellifera and Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Baltimora recta (Compositae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 29(2): 177-183 [178] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, flower record: Baltimora recta (Compositae), nectar, pollen)
Roubik, D. W. (2000). Deceptive orchids with Meliponini as pollinators. Plant Systematics and Evolution 222: 271-279 [273] (? uncertain identity, pollination: Xylobium (Orchidaceae))
Roubik, D. W. (2002). Feral African bees augment neotropical coffee yeld pp. 255-266 in Kevan, P. G. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. I. (ed.) Pollinating bees: The Conservation link between agriculture and nature. Brasilia: Ministry of Environment 313 pp. [259] (flower record: Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae))
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Slaa, E. J., Sanchez, L. A., Sandi, M. & Salazar, W. (2000). A scientific note on the use of stingless bees for commercial pollination enclosures. Apidologie 31: 141-142 [142] (flower record: Salvia farinacaea (Lamiaceae))
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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 [182] (as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, nest, citation)
Villa, J. D. & Weiss, M. R. (1990). Observations on the use of visual and olfactory cues by Trigona spp foragers. Apidologie 21: 541-545 [543] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona peckolti, odor mark)
Waddington, K. D., Herbst, L. H. & Roubik, D. W. (1986). Relationship between recruitment systems of stingless bees and whitin-nest worker size variation. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 59 (1): 95-102 [97] (as Trigona (Partamona) aff. cupira, list, morphological characters, communication)
Wille, A. (1961). Evolutionary trends in the ventral nerve cord of stingless bees (Meliponini). Revista de Biologia Tropical 9 (1): 117-129 [117, 121] (as Trigoan [sic] (Partamona) cupira, ventral nerve cord)
Wille, A. (1964). Notes on a primitive stingless bee, Trigona (Nogueirapis) mirandula. Revista de Biologia Tropical 12 (1): 117-151 [126] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, nesting sites: exposed, semi-exposed, inside vertical ground walls or roadside banks, or in horizontally level ground, in nests of Atta)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [127] (as Trigona cupira, nest temperature, thermoregulation, citation)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [52, 53, 62] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, nest foundation - citation, nest population, communication, defense behavior)
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 [12,21,31, 33,40,45,56,67,87,90,91,98,112,128-137,230,265] (as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, partim, nests from Costa Rica, nesting sites: between bases of palm leaves, in abandoned bird's nest, holes in roadside earth bank, cavities in soil, partly exposed, exposed, nest characteristics, defense behavior, figures: nest)
Wille, A. & Orozco, E. (1975). Observations on the founding of a new colony by Trigona cupira (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 22 (2): 253-287 [253-287] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona cupira, behavior, swarming, nest foundation)
Wille, A., Orozco, E. & Raabe, C. (1983). Polinización del chayote Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz en Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 145-154 [145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) cupira, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae), geographic and altitudinal records)
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