Tetragona kaieteurensis (Schwarz, 1938)
Trigona (Tetragona) kaieteurensis
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [472] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker.
Type locality: Kaieteur, British Guiana, 27.V.1929, Miss Alice Mackie.
Tetragona trigonospila
Moure, J. S. (2000). Duas espécies novas do gênero Tetragona (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 28 (1999) (1-4): 141-146 [144] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (4) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (3).
Type locality: Óbidos, Pará, Brasil, IX.1954, J. Brasilino leg..
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [510]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Manaus], Pará [Curuá, Óbidos]), Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Suriname
References
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 [342, 345] (as Trigona kaieteurensis, collecting behavior: Citrus - citation, flower records: Malpighiaceae, Musa (Musaceae))
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 note)
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, 213] (list, geographic record, habitat, nest density)
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, 19] (list, geographic record, habitat, nesting site: Leguminosae, nest density)
Reyne, A. (1962). Angelloze bijen (Meliponidae) voorkomende in Suriname. Entomol. Ber. 22 (2): 30–37 [35] (as Trigona (Tetragona) kaieteurensis, collecting behavior: Citrus)
Santos, C.F. & Absy, M.L. (2010). Polinizadores de Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidales: Lecythidaceae): Interações com Abelhas sem Ferrão (Apidae: Meliponini) e Nicho Trófico. Neotropical Entomology 39 (6): 854-861 [856] (Distribution)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [445, 472-474] (as Trigona (Tetragona) kaieteurensis, key, description, figure [plate 56, figure C])
Schwarz, H. F. (1940). Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. Am. Mus. Novit. 1078: 1-12 [1, 7] (as Trigona (Tetragona) kaieteurensis, geographic records, taxonomic notes)
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)
Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [36, 43] (as Tetragona trigonospila, list, species described by J. S. Moure, type material)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023