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Dolichotrigona schulthessi (Friese, 1900)
Trigona schulthessi Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [386] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> worker (1) , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Guatemala, 1890, Stoll leg..
Etymology: homage to Dr. Ant. v. Schulthess.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas); Neotropical Region: Colombia (Boyaca), Costa Rica (Cartago, Puntarenas), Guatemala, Honduras (Olancho), Nicaragua (Granada), Panama (Chiriquí)

References

Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [8, 14, 114, 116] (as Trigonisca (Dolichotrigona) schulthessi, list, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, taxonomic note)
Bego, L. R., Zucchi, R. & Mateus, S. (1991). Notas sobre a estratégia alimentar (cleptobiose) de Lestrimelitta limao Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Naturalia (São Paulo) 16: 119-127 [125] (as Dolichotrigona longitarsis, [error] list, nest not raided by Lestrimelitta - citation)
Bernal, R. & Ervik, F. (1996). Floral biology and pollination of the dioecious palm Phytelephas seemannii in Colombia: an adaptation to staphylinid beetles. Biotropica 28 (4b): 682-696 [691] (as Trigona schultesii [sic], flower record: Cocos nucifera (Palmae))
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2005). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Dolichotrigona Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 49 (1): 69-92 [69, 72, 74, 78-79, 80, 81, 85, 89] (key, taxonomic characters, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, taxonomy, figures)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1911). Descriptions and records of bees XXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(8): 283-290 [286] (as Trigona schulthessi, taxonomic note)
Friese, H. (1902). Neue Meliponiden (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 382-383 [383] (as Trigona schulthessi, taxonomic notes)
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. [690] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, list)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [501] (as Trigona schulthessi, geographic record, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [172] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) schulthessi, synonymy, geographic record)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [132] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, taxonomic note)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [805] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, taxonomic note)
Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [256] (as Trigonisca (Dolichotrigona) schulthessi, morphology, labium)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [241, 248] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, partim [except Caqueta and Meta], geographic range, altitudinal range, synonymy - citation)
Pereboom, J. J. M. & Biesmeijer, J. C. (2003). Thermal constraints for stingless bee foragers: the importance of body size and coloration. Oecologia (Berl.) 137: 42-50 [43, 44] (as Trigonisca schultesii [sic], body size, body coloration, thermal characteristics, phylogeny - 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. [499, 501, 503, 513, 518, 523] (? uncertain identity, as Trigonisca schulthessi, figures [figure 30.10, page 513, error, it is not Dolichotrigona schulthessi], key, synonymy, geographic range, diagnosis, taxonomic note)
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [549] (as Trigonisca (Dolichotrigona) schulthessi, list, geographic range)
Roubik, D. W. (2000). The de-flowering of Central America: a current perspective pp. 144-151 in International Bee Research Association (ed.) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climates. Cardiff: IBRA [146] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, list)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [243] (as Dolichotrigona longitarsus [sic], error, bees from Panamá, Lestrimelitta raid)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [3, 22] (as Trigona schulthessi, key, taxonomic note)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [unnumbered page] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) schulthessi, plate LX, figure B [unnumbered page])
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] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, list)
Wille, A. (1965). A new species of stingless bee (Meliponini) from Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 13 (1): 139-141 [139] (as Trigonisca schulthessi, list)

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