Scaura atlantica Melo, 2004
Scaura atlantica
Melo, G. A. R. & Costa, M. A. (2004). A new stingless bee species of the genus Scaura (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with notes on S. latitarsis (Friese). Zootaxa 544: 1-10 [7] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (6) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (8) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (4) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (30) , paratype DZUP <F> worker (1) , paratype DZUP 1995-6115 <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP <F> workers , paratype DZMG <F> worker.
Type locality: Brasil, Bahia, Ilhéus, Campus da UESC, 10.I.2003, G. Melo & M. Costa leg., ninho A.
Etymology: biome in which it has been found, the Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Uruçuca], Espírito Santo [Conceição Da Barra, São Roque Do Canaã], Minas Gerais [Itamarandiba, Serranópolis De Minas])
References
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Girard, M. J. A. (1879). Les insectes; traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Paris: Bailliere, J. B. Vol. 2 705-726 pp. [708, 725] (as Trigona crassipes [*from Schwarz, 1948: 497])
Girard, M. M. (1874). Note sur les moeurs des Mélipones et des Trigones du Brésil. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 5 (4): 567-573 [572, 573] (as Trigona crassipes, nesting site: in subterranean termite nest)
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [262] (as Trigona crassipes, nesting site: subterranean [?] termite nest, citation)
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Melo, G. A. R. & Costa, M. A. (2004). A new stingless bee species of the genus Scaura (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with notes on S. latitarsis (Friese). Zootaxa 544: 1-10 [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-9] (taxonomic note, description, geographic range, geographic records, nesting site: within active nests of Nasutitermes, figures: worker, nest entrance)
Nogueira, D.S., Santos-Júnior, J.E., Oliveira, F.F. & Oliveira, M.L. (2019). Review of Scaura Schwarz, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Zootaxa 4712 (4): 451-496 [472] (Species revision, as Scaura atlantica)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [449] (as Trigona crassipes, nesting site: subterranean in termite nest, citation)
Tomaschek, A. (1880). Ein Schwarm der amerikanischen Bienenart Trigona lineata Lep. lebend in Europa. Zool. Anz. 3: 60-65 [63] (as Trigona crassipes [*from Schwarz, 1948: 497])
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023