Paratrigona prosopiformis (Gribodo, 1893)
Melipona prosopiformis
Gribodo, G. (1893). Note imenotterologiche. Nota. II. Nuovi generi e nuove specie di Imenotteri Antofili ed osservazioni sopra alcune specie giá conosciute. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 25: 248-287 [259] .
Type data: holotype MCG <F> worker.
Type locality: Pebas, Loreto, Peru.
Trigona longicollis
Friese, H. (1903). Neue Meliponiden II. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 359-361 [360] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F> worker (Probably in ZMB).
Type locality: Itaituba, Rio Tabajos [sic = Tapajós], Pará, Brasil, 27.VIII [1902?], A. Ducke, no. 353.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [388] (synonymy based on specimens identified by Friese)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Acre [Cruzeiro Do Sul], Amazonas [Barcelos, Benjamin Constant, Fonte Boa, Manaus, Tefé, Tonantins], Pará [Faro, Itaituba], Rondônia [Pimenta Bueno]), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Meta), Ecuador (Napo), Peru (Loreto)
References
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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. [108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 118, 119] (geographic range, biogeography, biogeographical components, phylogeny)
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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, citation)
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