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Schwarzula coccidophila Camargo & Pedro, 2002
Schwarziana flavornata Cruz-Landim, C. & Mota, M. H. V. B. (1990). Occurrence of tegumentary glands in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) pp. 587-588 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [587] (nom. nud.) .

Schwarzula coccidophila Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2002). Uma espécie nova de Schwarzula da Amazônia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Iheringia 92 (3): 101-112 [102] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 878c, nest number <F> worker , allotype RPSP 878c, nest number <M> male , paratype RPSP 878c, nest number <F> workers (242), <M> males (3), +fixed material , paratype RPSP 741c, nest number <F> workers (58), queen (1), + fixed material.
Type locality: Tapurucuara-Mirim, rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil.
Etymology: reference to the peculiar life style of the species [association with coccids].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Marechal Thaumaturgo, Mâncio Lima, Porto Walter, Rio Branco], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Juruá, Maraã, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Tapauá, Tefé], Pará, Rondônia [Campo Novo De Rondônia, Mirante Da Serra, Nova União, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Porto Velho]), Peru (Huánuco)

References

Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [363] (as Schwarzula aff. timida, geographic record, taxonomic note)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2002). Mutualistic association between a tiny amazonian stingless bee and a wax-producing scale insect. Biotropica 34 (3): 446-451 [446-451] (as Schwarzula sp., mutualistic association: Cryptostigma, honeydew, wax, nesting site: cavities borrowed by cossid moth larvae (Cossula sp) in branches of Campsiandra angustifolia (="cumandá"), Caesalpiniaceae, nest characteristics, figures: nest, worker)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2002). Uma espécie nova de Schwarzula da Amazônia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Iheringia 92 (3): 101-112 [101-112] (synonymy, description, geographic range, figures: male, worker, mutualistic association: Cryptostigma, nesting site: galleries made by moth larvae (Cossidae), in trunks and branches of Campsiandra angustifolia (="cumandá"), Caesalpiniaceae)
Cruz-Landim, C. & Mota, M. H. V. B. (1990). Occurrence of tegumentary glands in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) pp. 587-588 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [587, 588] (as Schwarziana flavornata and Schwarzula flavornata [nom. nud.] tegumentary glands)
Mota, M. H. V. B. (1992). Estudo comparativo das glândulas epidérmicas do abdômen dos meliponíneos (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). [thesis abstract] pp. 320-322 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [320, 321, 322] (as Scwarzula [sic] flavornata, Schwarziana flavornata, Schwarzula flavornata [nom. nud.], epidermal glands)

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