Geotrigona lutzi Camargo & Moure, 1996
Geotrigona lutzi lutzi
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 [134] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 900246 <F> worker , paratype RPSP 900245 <F> worker , paratype RPSP <M> male (1), <F> workers (2) , paratype SEMK <M> males (3), <F> workers (18) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype SEMK <F> workers (11) , paratype MSUM <F> workers (2) , paratype MSUM <F> workers (3) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> workers (7) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Costa Rica, San Jose, San Miguel, 13 Km NE San Jose, 12.XII.1987, F. D. Parker leg..
Etymology: homage to Frank E. Lutz.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), El Salvador, Guatemala (Quezaltenango), Honduras (Francisco Morazán), Nicaragua (Matagalpa)
References
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 [100,102,105,132,133,134-136,138,147-150, 152,154, 155-157] (taxonomy, key, synonymy, diagnosis, description: worker, male, geographic records, altitudinal records, geographic range, flower records: Bidens, biogeography, phylogeny, figures: male, worker)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [489] (as Trigona (Tetragona) acapulconis, new variety (det. H. F. Schwarz), geographic records)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Engel, M. S. (2012). A new species of Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 172: 77-87 [79, 85] (distribution, citation, key)
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. [684, 690] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, nesting site: in ground, list)
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 Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, body coloration, thermal characteristics, phylogeny - citation)
Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [32-33, 42] (list, species described by J. S. Moure, type material)
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