Trigona chanchamayoensis Schwarz, 1948
Common Names: "cupira", "imrê-ti-re", "arapuá-amarelo-menor"
Trigona kohli tarataensis
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [310] (nom. nud. [manuscript name by Friese, according to Schwarz, 1948: 310]) .
Trigona (Trigona) chachamayoensis
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [304] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> queen, workers, <M> male , paratype ANSP , paratype CUIC 2616 <F> workers (338) , paratype USNM , paratype BEQUAERT , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1) , paratype MUSM <F> woker (1).
Type locality: San Ramon, Valle de Chanchamayo, Peru, 800 meters, 5.II.1940, W. Weyrauch, No. 7, nest in termite nest.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Jordão], Amazonas, Mato Grosso [Cuiabá], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Bragança, Capanema, Chaves, Conceição Do Araguaia, Cumaru Do Norte, Itaituba, Monte Alegre], Rondônia), Colombia (Amazonas, Meta), Ecuador (Guayas, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbíos), Peru (Junín, Loreto, Pasco)
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