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Aparatrigona isopterophila (Schwarz, 1934)
Trigona impunctata isopterophila Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [21] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1) , paratype AMNH <F> workers (?) , paratype USNM 51702 <F> workers (3) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1) , paratype ZMB <F> worker.
Type locality: Barro Colorado, Canal Zone, Panamá, January, 10, 1929, C. H. Curran.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyaca, Cundinamarca), Panama (Panamá), Panama Canal Zone

References

Camargo, J. M. F. (1996). Meliponini neotropicais (Apinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera): biogeografia histórica pp. 107-121 in Garófalo, C. A., Soares, A. E. E., Paulino-Simões, Z. L. & Camillo, E. (ed.) Anais do II Encontro Sobre Abelhas. Ribeirão Preto: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto xxii+351 pp. [109, 111, 116, 117] (geographic range, biogeography, biogeographical components, phylogeny, figure)
Camargo, J. M. F. & J. S. Moure (1994). Meliponinae Neotropicais: Os gêneros Paratrigona Schwarz, 1938 e Aparatrigona Moure, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 32 (2): 33-109 [34, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 101] (taxonomic revision, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic range, phylogeny, figures, citation: nesting site: abandoned or active termite nest)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Griswold, T. L. (2011). Two new species of Paratrigona and the male of Paratrigona ornaticeps (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 120: 9-25 [10, 21] (as Paratrigona isopterophila, geographic range)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Vélez, D. (2007). Una especie nueva de Paratrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini), con una sinopsis del género en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 8 (2): 9-13 [11] (as Paratrigona isopterophila, geographic records)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [167] (as Trigona isopterophila, synonymy, geographic records)
Moure, J. S. (1951). Notas sôbre Meliponinae (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 2 (1): 25-70 [59, 60] (as Paratrigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, taxonomy)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [156] (as Trigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238, 244] (geographic record, altitudinal record, synonymy)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [69, 72, 73, 74] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) isopterophila, nest characteristics, nesting site: termite nest, aggressiveness)
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 [7] (geographic range)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [330, 339, 341, 342, 346, 350] (as Trigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, geographic record nesting site: active termite nest, nest characteristics, figure: nest, nest population, honey)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [220] (nesting site: occupied termite nest)
Roubik, D. W. (1990). Nesting and defence in tropical honeybees and stingless bees: you are what eats you? pp. 662-663 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. [663] (resin, nest construction - citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [501, 513, 516, 523] (key, geographic range, diagnosis, taxonomy, nesting site: termite nest, nest characteristics, defense behavior, figure)
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [548] (as Paratrigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, geographic range)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [6, 21, 22] (as Trigona impunctata isopterophila, key, description, taxonomic note, citation: nesting site: deserted termite nest, nest characteristic, behavior)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [489] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) isopterophila, taxonomy, nesting site: termite nest, figure (plate 58B, unnumbered page))
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [116, 127, 346-352, 356, 373, 398-402, 404-410] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) isopterophila, hamuli, taxonomy, key, synonymy, diagnosis, male description, figures: male, nesting site: deserted termite nest, nest characteristics, behavior - citation, geographic range)
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, 183] (as Paratrigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, nest characteristics, geographic record, nesting site: living tree [?])
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [150, 154, 156, 158] (as Paratrigona (Aparatrigona) isopterophila, geographic record, altitudinal record, nest characteristics)
Wille, A. (1979). Phylogeny and relationships among the genera and subgenera of the stingless bees (Meliponinae) of the world. Revista de Biologia Tropical 27 (2): 241-277 [267] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) isopterophila, taxonomic note)
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, 22, 45, 56] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) isopterophila, nesting site: exposed termite nest, nest characteristics - citation)

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