Ptilotrigona lurida (Smith, 1854)
Common Names: "aramá", "araman", "borá-boi", "borá-cavalo", "borá", "tataíra-grande", "abelha-piranha", "moça-branca"
Trigona testacea
Spinola, M. (1853). Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino (2) 13: 19-94 [93] (junior homonym of Trigona testacea Klug, 1807) .
Type data: lectotype MSNT <F> worker (1) , paralectotype MSNT <F> workers (2) (the paralectotypes are <I>Trigona williana </I>Friese, according to Moure, 1963: 263).
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1963). Sôbre a identidade dos meliponinos descritos por Spinola em 1853 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. (Rio de Janeiro) 35 (2): 257-269 [263] .
Type locality: Pará, Brasil.
Trigona lurida
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [410] (nom. nov. for Trigona testacea Spinola, 1853, non Klug, 1807) .
Trigona heideri
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [389] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype HNHM 631/148 <F> worker , paralectotype HNHM 631/148 <F> worker (type locality not mentioned by Friese) , paralectotype HNHM 685/60 <F> worker (paralectotypes from Pará, Fonteboa, Óbidos - Brazil, Colombia and Vilcanota - Peru were not examined) , paralectotype ZMB <F> workers.
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. [472] (lectotype and paralectotypes designated by Claus Rasmussen, 27.III.2006, in litt.) .
Type locality: "S. Paolo" [=São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil].
Etymology: homage to Prof. C. Heider.
Trigona mocsaryi
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [390] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (3) (probably in ZMB).
Type locality: Suriname and Brasil (Pará).
Etymology: homage to Custos A. Mocsáry.
Trigona mocsaryi lutea
Friese, H. (1903). Neue Meliponiden II. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 359-361 [361] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> worker (1) , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (4).
Type locality: Pará [probably = Belém], Pará, Brazil, 12.1902 Ducke leg.; Óbidos and Pará [probably = Belém], Pará, Brazil.
Trigona manni
Cockerell, T. D. A (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [48] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 23256 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Porto Velho, Rio Madeira, Brasil (Mann & Baker).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2004). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Ptilotrigona Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 48 (3): 353-377 [360]
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [463]
Moure, J. S. (1963). Sôbre a identidade dos meliponinos descritos por Spinola em 1853 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. (Rio de Janeiro) 35 (2): 257-269 [263]
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [468] (Trigona (Tetragona) heideri heideri as the valid name)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (La Paz), Brazil (Acre [Brasiléia, Plácido De Castro, Rio Branco], Amapá [Macapá, Mazagão, Oiapoque, Porto Grande, Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Alvarães, Barcelos, Beruri, Carauari, Coari, Fonte Boa, Iranduba, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Maraã, Novo Airão, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, São Paulo De Olivença, São Sebastião Do Uatumã, Tapauá, Tefé, Tonantins], Maranhão [Alcântara, Buriticupu, Chapadinha, Imperatriz, Nova Olinda Do Maranhão], Mato Grosso [Nova Mutum, Nova Ubiratã, Vila Bela Da Santíssima Trindade], Pará [Almeirim, Anajás, Aveiro, Belém, Benevides, Capanema, Cumaru Do Norte, Faro, Jacareacanga, Oriximiná, Paragominas, Santarém, Óbidos], Rondônia [Campo Novo De Rondônia, Cerejeiras, Chupinguaia, Costa Marques, Cujubim, Guajará-Mirim, Machadinho DOeste, Mirante Da Serra, Nova Mamoré, Nova União, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Pimenteiras Do Oeste, Porto Velho, Rolim De Moura, São Miguel Do Guaporé, Vilhena], Roraima [Amajari, Caracaraí], Tocantins [Gurupi, Porto Nacional]), Colombia (Amazonas, Meta), Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Napo, Sucumbíos), French Guiana (Kourou, Roura, Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Sinnamary), Guyana, Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín), Suriname (Para, Saramacca), Venezuela (Amazonas)
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