Trigona braueri Friese, 1900
Common Names: "mel-de-cachorro", "vaca", "abelha-de-cachorro", "abelha-cachorro"
Trigona braueri
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [387] .
Type data: syntype IEA <F> worker , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (6), males (4) , syntype ZMB <F> workers (10) , syntype NMW <F> many (Moure, <I>in litt</I>. also mentioned specimens from "Brasilien, 1878, Brauer" in NMW.).
Type locality: Bahia, Brazil ["Bahia, lebend in Bordeaux, Drory, 1873", according to Camargo, 1988: 366]; Santa Leopoldina, Espírito Santo, Brazil, Michaelis leg.; Bahia, Brazil ["Bahia, lebend in Bordeaux, Drory, 1873", Moure, in litt.]; Bahia, Brazil.
Etymology: homage to Prof. Fr. Brauer.
Trigona fulviventris nigra
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [217] (junior subjective synonym; Ihering, 1903 attributed the name Trigona fulviventris nigra to Friese, but this name was never published by Friese. The name is validated by the description and figures of the nest presented by Ihering, 1903: 217-218, plate 14, figure 4. Probably from São Paulo, Brazil) .
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina], Paraná [Guaraqueçaba, Paranaguá], Rio de Janeiro [Petrópolis, Teresópolis], Santa Catarina [Joinville, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Bauru, Franca, Guarulhos, Ibiúna, Monte Alegre Do Sul, Salesópolis, São Paulo])
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