Tetragona perangulata (Cockerell, 1917)
Common Name: "paté"
Trigona perangulata
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [125] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23165 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers (?) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Alhajuelo, Panama (Canal Zone), 27.V.1912, A. Busck.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Santander, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas), Panama (Darién), Panama Canal Zone
References
Armbruster, W. S. (1984). The role of resin in angiosperm pollination: ecological and chemical considerations. Am. J. Bot. 71 (8): 1149-1160 [1152] (as Trigona perangulata, pollen, flower record: Dalechampia heteromorpha (Euphorbiaceae))
Armbruster, W. S. & Herzig, A. L. (1984). Partitioning and sharing of pollinators by four sympatric species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) in Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71 (1): 1-16 [7, 8] (as Trigona perangulata, pollen, flower record: Dalechampia scandens(Euphorbiaceae), figure)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5] (as Trigona perangulata, type examined)
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] (list, geographic record)
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [684, 690] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, nesting site: tree, nest entrance, nest characteristics, list)
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 [500] (as Trigona perangulata, geographic records, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [169] (as Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes perangulata, synonymy, geographic records)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [125] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, list)
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)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [157] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona clavipes, partim: geographic record - citation: Salt, 1929; ? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, geographic records, folk name: "Paté")
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [240, 247] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, geographic range [error: Meta]; ? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes, partim: Magdalena, Santander)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [69, 73] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, defense behavior)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [283] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes, geographic record, flower record: Piperaceae)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [30] (floral resin, flower record: Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae), figure, citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1991). Aspects of africanized honey bee ecology in Tropical America pp. 259-281 in Spivak, M., Fletcher, D. J. C. & Breed, M. D. (ed.) The "African" honey bee. San Francisco: Westview Press [262] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, nest occupation)
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. [503, 508, 515, 523] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, key, geographic range, type examined, nesting site: living trees, nest entrance, defense behavior, figure)
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 (Tetragona) perangulata, geographic range)
Roubik, D. W., Yanega, D., Aluja S., M., Buchmann, S. L. & Inouye, D. W. (1995). On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 26: 197-211 [206] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, nectar foraging, amino acid preference)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [443-444] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona clavipes, geographic records, nesting site: tree trunk, nest characteristics, propolis, defense behavior, flower records: Cordia, Calopsus (Asclepiadaceae), habitat)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [5, 14] (as Trigona clavipes perangulata, key, geographic record)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [472, 474] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, taxonomic note, geographic records)
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] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, list)
Vergara, C. B., Villa, A. L. & Nates-Parra, G. (1986). Nidificación de meliponinos (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de la región central de Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical 34(2): 181-184 [183] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, partim: Pandi, geographic record)
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [150, 157, 158] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, geographic records, nesting sites: tree cavities, altitudinal records)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [60] (as Trigona perangulata, honey, citation)
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, 25, 35, 48, 59, 71, 83, 210-211, 212-213, 265] (as Trigona (Tetragona) perangulata, nesting site: tree cavities: Ficus, nest characteristics, nest entrance, figure, honey, agressiveness)
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