Paratrigona opaca (Cockerell, 1917)
Common Names: "mirim-sem-brilho", "mierdeperro"
Trigona opaca
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [126] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23166 <M> male , paratype AMNH <M> male (information about the "cotype" in Schwarz, 1948: 376).
Type locality: Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, VII.1907, A. Busck leg..
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas); Neotropical Region: Colombia (Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta, Santander), Costa Rica (Limón, Puntarenas, San José), Ecuador (Napo), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Panama Canal Zone
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5] (as Trigona opaca, list)
Bequaert, J. C. (1943). Stingless bees nesting in association with ants (Hymenoptera). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 38: 141 [141] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca, nesting site: in colony of Dolichoderus (Monacis) bispinosus, geographic record - citation [according to Schwarz, 1948: 377])
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 [33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44-50, 86-88, 90, 92-94, 96] (biogeography, key, synonymy, taxonomy, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, nesting site: arboreal ant nests: Dolichoderus bispinosus, Camponotus senex, active or abandoned, or exposed arboreal - citation, phylogeny, figures: worker, male)
Camargo, J. M. F. & J. S. Moure (1996). Meliponini Neotropicais: o gênero Geotrigona Moure, 1943 (Apinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera), com especial referência à filogenia e biogeografia. Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 33 (3): 95-161 [103] (geographic range: peltata-opaca group)
Cornaby, B. W. (1974). Carrion reduction by animals in contrasting tropical habitats. Biotropica 6 (1): 51-63 [61] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca, geographic record, list, carrion visiting: lizards)
Cornelius, C. (1875). Eine südamerikanische stachellose Honigbiene (Melipona). Verh. Naturhist. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. Westfal. 32 (ser. 4, vol. 2): 184-185 [184, 185] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona lineata, colony transference, nesting site: stems of Haematoxylum campechianum - according to Schwarz, 1948: 163, 164, 363)
Darchen, R. & Louis, J. (1961). Les mélipones et leur élevage Melipona - Trigona - Lestremelitta [sic]. Annales de L’Abeille 4 (I): 5-39 [22] (brood comb construction)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Griswold, T. L. (2011). Two new species of Paratrigona and the male of Paratrigona ornaticeps (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 120: 9-25 [9, 20-21, 22] (geographic records, nesting site: inside ant nest, 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, 12] (geographic records (?partim, except Meta, Villavicencio))
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [682, 684, 690] (nest characteristics, list; as Paratrigona peltata, nesting site: aerial nests of Camponotus senex, nest characteristics, list)
Kerr, W. E., Sakagami, S. F., Zucchi, R., Portugal Araújo, V. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1967). Observações sôbre a arquitetura dos ninhos e comportamento de algumas espécies de abelhas sem ferrão das vizinhanças de Manaus, Amazonas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Atas do Simpósio sôbre a Biota Amazônica 5: 255-309 [273] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca, nesting site: in colony of Dolichoderus (Monacis) bispinosus, geographic record - citation)
Laroca, S. & Almeida, M. C. (1989). Coexistência entre abelhas sem ferrão e formigas: ninho de Paratrigona myrmecophila (Apidae) construído em ninho de Camponotus senex (Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 6(4): 671-680 [671, 672, 679] (coexistence: Camponotus senex, defense behavior, citation; as Paratrigona peltata peltata, nesting site: aerial nests of Camponotus senex, nest characteristics, citation)
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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] (list)
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Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (list)
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Tomaschek, A. (1880). Ein Schwarm der amerikanischen Bienenart Trigona lineata Lep. lebend in Europa. Zool. Anz. 3: 60-65 [60-65] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona lineata, colony transference, nesting site: stems of Haematoxylum campechianum [according to Schwarz, 1948: 163, 164, 363] brood comb construction, development, nest temperature, flower records: Haematoxylum campechianum, Veronica speciosa [according to Schwarz, 1948])
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 (Paratrigona) opaca, geographic records, nesting sites: cavities in trees, artificial cavities in walls and roofs, nest characteristics, altitudinal records)
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, 153, 156, 158, 162] (as Paratrigona (Paratrigona) opaca, geographic records, nesting sites: tree cavities, artificial cavities in walls and roofs, nest characteristics, altitudinal records, figure: nest)
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 [12,22,31,33,45, 56,68,82,83,89, 144-149,154-155,265,268] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) peltata peltata, synonymy, nesting site: in ant nests, in aerial Camponotus senex nest, nest characteristics, defense behavior, figures: nest, honey, evolutionary level)
Wille, A., Orozco, E. & Raabe, C. (1983). Polinización del chayote Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz en Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 145-154 [146] (as Trigona (Paratrigona) opaca opaca, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae), geographic record)
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