Geotrigona mombuca (Smith, 1863)
Common Names: "guira", "papaterra", "guiruçu", "iruçu-mineiro", "mombuca"
Trigona mombuca
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [509] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1092 <F> worker , paralectotype BMNH <M> males (2) , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers?, males? (7).
Subsequent designation: 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 [107] .
Type locality: Brazil [probably southeastern region of Brazil, according to Camargo & Moure, 1996:110].
Geotrigona inusitata
Moure, J. S. & J. M. F. Camargo (1992). Geotrigona inusitata, uma nova espécie de Meliponinae do sudeste do Brasil (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 20 (1991) (1-4): 53–59 [53] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP 880439, 880445, 880447, 880449-451, 880453-471 <F> workers (46) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (11), males (6).
Type locality: Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 14.X.1985, Lacerda, L. M. leg., No. 28, Col. 6.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
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 [107]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Boninal, Cocos, Lençóis], Goiás [Aragarças, Chapadão Do Céu, Mineiros], Maranhão [Alto Parnaíba, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres, Porto Estrela], Mato Grosso do Sul [Ivinhema, Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Cônego Marinho, Uberlândia], Pará [Altamira], Piauí [Bom Jesus, Redenção Do Gurguéia], São Paulo [Batatais, Cajuru, Cosmópolis, Ribeirão Preto], Tocantins [Itacajá, Lagoa Da Confusão, Palmas]), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)
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