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Tetragona handlirschii (Friese, 1900)
Trigona handlirschii Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [391] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F> worker.
Type locality: Brazil [Amazonas, 1897, according to Moure's personal notes].
Etymology: homage to A. Handlirsch.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Macapá, Oiapoque], Amazonas [Manaus, Santo Antônio Do Içá, Tabatinga], Pará [Almeirim, Faro, Monte Alegre, Óbidos]), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Suriname

References

Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [364] (geographic records)
Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [66] (as Melipona handlirschi [sic], flower record: Hyptis, geographic record)
Ducke, A. (1902). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona Ill.) von Pará, nach dem Materiale der Sammlung des Museu Goeldi beschrieben. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 17: 285-328 [290, 308, 309] (as Melipona (Trigona) handlirschii, key, diagnosis, geographic records, taxonomic notes)
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [31, 55, 58-59] (as Melipona handlirschii, key, taxonomic note, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range [unnumbered table after page 28])
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [342, 350, 376-377] (as Melipona handlirschii, key, taxonomic note, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range)
Engel, M. S. & Dingemans-Bakels, F. (1980). Nectar and pollen resources for stingless bees (Meliponinae, Hymenoptera) in Surinam (South America). Apidologie 11 (4): 341-350 [345] (as Trigona handlirschi [sic], flower records: Cassia multijuga (Caesalpinaceae))
Lopes, A. V. & Machado, I. C. (1998). Floral biology and reproductive ecology of Clusia nemorosa (Clusiaceae) in northeastern Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution 213: 71-90 [82] (as Tetragona cf. handlirschi [sic], flower record: Clusia (Clusiaceae), citation)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [101] (as Trigona handlirschi [sic], diagnosis, flower record: Dichromena ciliata (Cyperaceae))
Mesquita, R. C. G. & Franciscon, C. H. (1995). Flower visitors of Clusia nemorosa G. F. Meyer (Clusiaceae) in an Amazonian white-sand campina. Biotropica 27 (2): 254-257 [256] (as Tetragona cf. handlirschi [sic], flower record: Clusia nemorosa (Clusiaceae))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [73] (as Tetragona handlirschi [sic], list)
Moure, J. S. (1951). Notas sôbre Meliponinae (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 2 (1): 25-70 [44] (as Trigona (Tetragona) handlirschii, hamuli)
Moure, J. S. (1971). Descrição de uma nova espécie de Tetragona do Brasil Central (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná 4 (10): 47-50 [48, 50] (taxonomic notes)
Moure, J. S. (2000). Duas espécies novas do gênero Tetragona (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 28 (1999) (1-4): 141-146 [144, 145] (as Tetragona handlirschi [sic], taxonomic notes)
Oliveira, M. L. (2001). Stingless bees (Meliponini) and orchid bees (Euglossini) in terra firme tropical forests and forest fragments pp. 208-218 in Bierregaard, Jr., R. O., Gascon, C., Lovejoy, T. E. & Mesquita, R. C. G. (ed.) Lessons from Amazonia. The ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Yale University Press, Smithsonian Institution [210] (list, geographic record, habitat, forest fragments)
Oliveira, M. L., Morato, E. F. & Garcia, M. V. B. (1995). Diversidade de espécies e densidade de ninhos de abelhas sociais sem ferrão (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) em floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Central. Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (1): 13-24 [16, 18] (as Trigona handlirsch [sic], list, geographic record, habitat, forest fragments)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [443, 464] (as Trigona (Tetragona) handlirschii, key, synonymy, geographic records, taxonomic note, figure [plate 56, figure E])
Schwarz, H. F. (1940). Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. Am. Mus. Novit. 1078: 1-12 [6] (as Trigona (Tetragona) handlirschii, geographic record, taxonomic note, figures)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [91] (list, geographic range)
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 (Tetragona) handlirschil [sic], list)

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