Tetragonisca buchwaldi (Friese, 1925)
Trigona buchwaldi
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [40] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> workers (4?), queen (1).
Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador, I.1909, F. v. Buchwald leg..
Trigona (Tetragona) costaricensis
Wille, A. (1962). A new species of stingless bee (Meliponini) from Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 10(2): 177-181 [177] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype SEMK <F> worker , paratype SEMK <F> workers (5) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (5) , paratype MNCR <F> workers (5).
Type locality: Rio Damitas, 14.5 Kms. North of Quepos, at the base of the mountains of Dota (altitude 250m), San Jose, Costa Rica, 16.VIII.1962 A. Wille, C. D. Michener.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Wille, A. (1966). Notes on two species of ground nesting stingless bees (Trigona mirandula and T. buchwaldi) from the Pacific Rain Forest of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 14(2): 251-277 [252]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Puntarenas), Ecuador (Guayas, Pichincha), Panama (Colón, Panamá)
References
Camargo, J. M. F. (1989). Comentários sobre a sistemática de Meliponinae (Hymen. Apidae) pp. 41-61 in Watanabe, S. (ed.) Anais do XIV Simpósio Anual da ACIESP, suplemento. São Paulo: Academia de Ciências do Estado de São Paulo, publicação no. 68 61 pp. [47] (geographic range)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2003). Sobre as relações filogenéticas de Trichotrigona Camargo & Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) pp. 109-122 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. [110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121] (geographic record, taxonomic characters, figures: male, phylogeny)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Wittmann, D. (1989). Nest architecture and distribution of the primitive stingless bee, Mourella caerulea (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae): evidence for the origin of Plebeia (s. lat.) on the Gondwana Continent. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 24 (4): 213-229 [223] (nesting site: subterranean, citation)
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. [682, 683, 684, 685, 690] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, nesting site: subterranean, abandoned mammal burrow - citation, nest entrance, nest characteristics, list)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [123] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, note)
Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [258] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, morphology, labial palpi)
Moure, J. S. (1951). Notas sôbre Meliponinae (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 2 (1): 25-70 [45] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, taxonomic note)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [330, 333, 342, 346] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, nest characteristics, nesting site: in ground, among the buttresses and roots of large trees, nest population)
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. [502, 510, 515, 523] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, key, geographic range, diagnosis, nesting site: subterranean, 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 (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, geographic range, habitat, nest density)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [262, 267] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, defense behavior)
Schwarz, H. F. (1937). Results of the Oxford University Sarawak (Borneo) expedition: Bornean stingless bees of the genus Trigona. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 73: 281-329 [285] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, taxonomic character)
Schwarz, H. F. (1939). The Indo-Malayan species of Trigona. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76 (3): 83-141 [84] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, taxonomic character)
Schwarz, H. F. (1943). New Trigona bees from Peru. Am. Mus. Novit. 1243: 1-10 [3] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, taxonomic note)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [195, 203] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, taxonomic character, taxonomic note)
Wille, A. (1962). A new species of stingless bee (Meliponini) from Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 10(2): 177-181 [177-181] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, taxonomic note; as Trigona (Tetragona) costaricensis, description, diagnosis, comparative notes, geographic records, figures)
Wille, A. (1966). Notes on two species of ground nesting stingless bees (Trigona mirandula and T. buchwaldi) from the Pacific Rain Forest of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 14(2): 251-277 [251-277] (as Trigona buchwaldi, taxonomic note, synonymy, queen description, nesting site: subterranean, nest characteristics, nest population, behavior, daily activity, figures: nest)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [50, 53, 60] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, nesting site: subterranean, nest population, citation, honey)
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 [13, 23, 30, 34, 47, 58, 70, 87, 88, 93, 179, 180-181, 265] (as Trigona (Tetragona) buchwaldi, nesting site: in ground, abandoned habitations of mammals, nest characteristics, geographic record, habitat, drainage tube, figure: nest, nest population, honey, defense behavior)
Wille, A., Orozco, E. & Raabe, C. (1983). Polinización del chayote Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz en Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 145-154 [146] (as Trigona (Tetragonisca) buchwaldi, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae))
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