Tetragona mayarum (Cockerell, 1912)
Trigona ziegleri mayarum
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [311] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker.
Type locality: Quirigua, Guatemala, W. P. Cockerell.
Remarks
Probably Tetragona mayarum (Cockerell) is junior synonym of Tetragona ziegleri (Friese)
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco); Neotropical Region: Guatemala (Izabal), Honduras (Cortés)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5, 8, 12, 13, 97, 116] (as Trigona ziegleri mayarum and Trigona (Tetragona) dorsalis, partim: Mexico, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic record, taxonomic note, habitat, figure [26])
Cockerell, T. D. A (1915). The real Trigona dorsalis Smith rediscovered (Hym.). Entomol. News 26: 30-32 [31] (as Trigona ziegleri mayarum, taxonomic note)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1946). New species and subspecies collected in a month in Guatemala. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 54: 203-206 [204] (as Trigona ziegleri mayarum, list, geographic record)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [489] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes, geographic record, taxonomic note)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [497, 502] (as Trigona dorsalis, partim: Guatemala, list, geographic record, citation; as Trigona ziegleri mayarum, list, geographic record, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [367-368] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes perangulata, key)
Vit, P., Medina, M. & Enríquez, M. E. (2004). Quality standards for medicinal uses of Meliponinae honey in Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela. Bee World 85 (1): 2-5 [3] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) dorsalis, list, beekeeping, folk name: "alazán")
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023