Paratrigona pacifica (Schwarz, 1943)
Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca pacifica
Schwarz, H. F. (1943). New Trigona bees from Peru. Am. Mus. Novit. 1243: 1-10 [6] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , allotype AMNH <F> queen (physogastric) , paratype AMNH 149, 157, 171 <F> workers , paratype AMNH 135 <F> males, workers , paratype AMNH <F> workers , paratype RPSP 171 <F> worker (1), <M> male (1) , paratype RPSP 135 <F> workers (6), <M> male (1) , paratype DZUP <F> worker (1) , paratype MUSM 171 <F> worker (1), <M> male (1) , paratype CUIC 2609 <F> workers (2).
Type locality: San Ramon, Valle de Chanchamayo, Peru, 800 m, 1.IV.1939, W. Weyrauch leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco], Rondônia [Pimenta Bueno]), Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Napo), Peru (Huánuco, Junín, Loreto)
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 [357] (status of species, geographic record)
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 [39, 41, 46-50, 86-88, 90, 92-94] (biogeography, key, synonymy, taxonomy, diagnosis, male, geographic records [partim, except Colombia], altitudinal records, geographic range [partim: except Colombia], nesting sites: aboreal exposed nest on roots of orchids and in abandoned birds' nests - citation, phylogeny, figures)
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, 12] (geographic range, citation)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [71] (as Paratrigona opaca pacífica [sic], list)
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 [265] (as Paratrigona peltata pacifica, taxonomic note, geographic range, geographic records, altitudinal record)
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Nates- Parra, G., González-B, V. H. & Ospina- Torres, R. (1999). Descripcion de los machos y anotaciones sobre la biología de Paratrigona anduzei y P. eutaeniata (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) en Colombia. Caldasia 21(2): 174-183 [174, 182] (list, male, nesting site: abandoned birds' nest)
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Schwarz, H. F. (1943). New Trigona bees from Peru. Am. Mus. Novit. 1243: 1-10 [1, 6-10] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca variety pacifica, description: worker, queen, taxonomy, nesting site: roots of orchids on a tree trunk, abandoned birds' nests, nest characteristics, geographic records, geographic range, altitudinal records, figure: worker, nest)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [17, 110, 116, 353, 355, 373, 384-388] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca variety pacifica, nesting site: birds' nest, and roots of orchids on tree trunk, figures: nest - plate 5, figure 5, worker, hamuli, key, synonymy, description: worker, queen (from Schwarz, 1943), taxonomy, nest characteristics, geographic range)
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