Geotrigona leucogastra (Cockerell, 1914)
Trigona leucogastra
Cockerell, T. D. A (1914). Bees from Ecuador and Peru. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 306-328 [309] .
Type data: holotype AMNH 33175 <F> worker (The specimen labeled as "Type", "ac. 33175" (=holotype) by Cockerell was designated as lectotype by Camargo & Moure, 1996: 131-132) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (11) , paratype CUIC 946 <F> workers (2) , paratype MCZ 13816 <F> workers (3) , paratype USNM <F> worker (1) , paratype ZMB <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Ecuador, Guayaquil, V-VI.1913, C. T. Brues leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Ecuador (Guayas, Manabi)
References
Camargo, J. M. F. (1996). Meliponini neotropicais (Apinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera): biogeografia histórica pp. 107-121 in Garófalo, C. A., Soares, A. E. E., Paulino-Simões, Z. L. & Camillo, E. (ed.) Anais do II Encontro Sobre Abelhas. Ribeirão Preto: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto xxii+351 pp. [109, 113, 115, 119] (biogeography, geographic range, biogeographical components, phylogeny)
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 [99,105,129,131-132,133,136,147,152,154,155,156,157,159] (key, biogeography, synonymy, diagnosis, lectotype description, geographic records, geographic range, taxonomy, figures)
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)
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] (comparative note)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [123] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, list)
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. [258] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, morphology, labium)
Moure, J. S. (1943). Abelhas de Batatais (Hym. Apoidea). Arq. Mus. Paranaense 3: 145-203 [146] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, taxonomic note)
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. [510] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra, type material)
Schwarz, H. F. (1940). Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. Am. Mus. Novit. 1078: 1-12 [9] (as Trigona (Tetragona) leucogastra, taxonomic note)
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [7, 8, 10] (as Trigona (Geotrigona) leucogastra leucogastra, taxonomic notes)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) leucogastra, list)
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