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Partamona cupira (Smith, 1863)
Common Names: "cupira", "boca-de-sapo", "cu-de-vaca"
Trigona cupira Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [507] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1088 <F>worker , paralectotype BMNH <F>workers (2) , paralectotype AMNH <F>workers (2) , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <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 [69] .
Type locality: "Brazil".

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Distrito Federal, Goiás [Formosa, Jataí], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Alpinópolis, Araxá, Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Brasilândia De Minas, Carneirinho, Conceição Das Alagoas, Cássia, Florestal, Ibiá, Igarapé, Itabirito, Januária, Lagoa Santa, Lontra, Luislândia, Nova Resende, Passos, Patos De Minas, Poços De Caldas, Ritápolis, Sabará, Santa Juliana, São João Batista Do Glória, São João Del Rei, São Roque De Minas, São Sebastião Do Paraíso, Tapira, Uberlândia, Vargem Bonita], São Paulo [Patrocínio Paulista])

References

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Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1999). Apoidea apiformes pp. 193-211 in Brandão, C. R. F. & E. M. Cancello (ed.) Biodiversidade do Estado de São Paulo. Invertebrados Terrestres Vol. 5. São Paulo: Fapesp [201] (list)
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 [1,2,8, 12-13,16, 68-70,81-87, 92.96,98, 100-101,110-111, 113] (key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic characters, nesting sites: epigeous termite nests, biogeography, geographic range, phylogeny, figures: male, worker, flower records: P. emarginatus, D. alata; as Melipona cupira, citation)
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Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [15, 30, 33, 44, 51, 68, 83, 95, 312] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Partamona) testacea cupira, citation, etymology, nest architecture, wax production, males and queens production, callow pigmentation)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [90] (list, geographic range)
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