Melipona (Michmelia) trinitatis Cockerell, 1919
Common Name: "guanota"
Melipona fasciata trinitatis
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [201] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21674 <F> worker (Schwarz (1932:377) mentioned that exist other specimens of the same series).
Type locality: Port of Spain, Trinidad, "11.6", Aug. Busck leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre)
References
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Cheesman, L. E. (1929). Hymenoptera collected on the “St. George” Expedition in Central America and the W. Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 141-154 [149] (as Trigona fasciata trinitatis, list, geographic record)
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Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [187] (as Melipona fasciata trinitatis, geographic range, citation)
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Vit, P., Bogdanov, S. & Kilchenmann, V. (1994). Composition of Venezuelan honeys from stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) and Apis mellifera L. Apidologie 25: 278-288 [279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286] (as Melipona trinitatis, honey, honey hunting, folk name: "guanota", geographic records, honey physicochemical properties)
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Vit, P. & Pulcini, P. (1996). Diastase and invertase activities in Meliponini and Trigonini honeys from Venezuela. J. Apic. Res. 35 (2): 57-62 [61] (as Melipona trinitatis, honey, diastase activity, citation)
Vit, P. & Ricciardelli D'Albore, G. (1994). Melissopalynology for stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) from Venezuela. J. Apic. Res. 33 (3): 145-154 [146, 152] (as Melipona trinitatis, list, melissopalynology, pollen records: Myrcia, Mimosa pudica, Myrtaceae, Protium, Combretaceae, Polygalaceae, Proteaceae)
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