Geotrigona chiriquiensis (Schwarz, 1951)
Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra chiriquiensis
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [7] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers (15) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype AMNH <F> workers (5) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1) , paratype AMNH <F> workers (2) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1).
Type locality: El Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, 20.II.1936, F. E. Lutz, W. J. Gertsch leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Puntarenas, San José), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone
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 [97,99,102,103,105,132-134,136,147,154,155,156,157] (biogeography, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic records, altitudinal records, geographic range, nesting site: subterranean - citation, taxonomy, phylogeny, figure)
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, nest, citation, key)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Sepúlveda, P. A. (2007). Una especie nueva de Geotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini), con comentarios sobre el género en Colombia. Acta Biol. Colomb. 12 S: 103-108 [104] (compartive note)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [172] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra chiriquiensis, geographic records)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [330, 333, 337, 342, 345, 346-347, 350] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, nesting site: in ground, geographic records, nest characteristics, nest population, honey, sugar concentration)
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. [502, 509, 510, 519, 523] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra chiriquiensis, key, figures, geographic range, diagnosis, nesting site: subterranean, defense behavior)
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [548] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra chiriquiensis, geographic range)
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 [14, 24, 35] (as Trigona (Tetragona) leucogastra chiriquiensis, synonymy, nesting site: in ground, 1.5 m deep, geographic record)
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 (Tetragona) leucogastra chiriquiensis, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae), geographic records)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023