Trigona muzoensis Schwarz, 1948
Trigona (Trigona) pallida muzoensis
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [301] .
Type data: holotype MCZ <M> male , paratype MCZ <M> males (?) , paratype AMNH <M> males (?).
Type locality: Muzo, Boyaca, Colombia, 900 mts., 1936, J. Bequaert.
Remarks
According to Roubik, 1992: 507 Trigona muzoensis Schwarz is junior synonym of Trigona ferricauda Cockerell, later, however, he considered it as a valid species (Roubik, 1995: 200)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyaca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Limón), Honduras (Atlántida, Colón, Francisco Morazán, Yoro), Panama (Coclé, Colón, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone
References
Armbruster, W. S. (1984). The role of resin in angiosperm pollination: ecological and chemical considerations. Am. J. Bot. 71 (8): 1149-1160 [1153] (as Trigona pallens, resin collecting: Clusia odorata (Clusiaceae))
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Buchmann, S. L. & Buchmann, M. D. (1981). Anthecology of Mouriri myrtilloides (Melastomataceae: Memecyleae) an oil flower in Panama. Biotropica 13 (2 (suppl.)): 7-24 [19, 20] (pollen foraging behavior, gleanning, chewing anthers, oil collecting, flower record: Mouriri myrtilloides (Melastomataceae))
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [368] (comparative notes)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [10] (as Trigona pallida, geographic records)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [464] (as Trigona pallida, partim [specimens from Panama, see also Trigona pallens (Fabricius)], taxonomic note)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [8] (as Trigona pallida, geographic record, taxonomic note)
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. [685, 690] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens, nesting site: tree, list)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [500] (as Trigona pallida, partim [specimens from Panama - see also Trigona pallens (Fabricius) and Trigona chanchamayoensis Schwarz], geographic records)
Michener, C. D. (1946). Notes on the habits of some panamanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 54 (3): 179-197 [195] (as Trigona pallida pallida, geographic record, nesting site: in dead log with termites, nest entrance)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [166] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallida, synonymy [partim], geographic records, morphology, edentate mandible, note)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [157-158] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens pallens, geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [241] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens muzoensis, geographic range, altitudinal range)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [284] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens and Trigona (Trigona) cf. pallens, geographic records, nesting site: arboreal ant nest and in tree trunk: Chrysophyllum, extrafloral nectary: Inga, sweat collecting, flower record: Elaeis oleifera)
Parra, G. (1990). Bionomia de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 57-58: 77-116 [80, 81, 82, 83, 92, 95, 98] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) pallens and Trigona (Trigona) cf. pallens, nest entrance, defense behavior, nesting site: in exposed ant nest: Dolichoderinae, in tree trunk: Chrysophyllum, geographic records)
Rau, P. (1933). The jungle bees and wasps of Barro Colorado Island (with notes on other insects). Missouri: Kirkwood 1-324 pp. [16, 37-38] (as Trigona pallida [*from Schwarz, 1948: 292])
Renner, S. (1983). The widespread occurrence of anther destruction by Trigona bees in Melastomataceae. Biotropica 15 (4): 251-256 [255] (as Trigona pallens, pollen foraging behavior, chewing anthers to enlarge apical pores, flower record: Mouriri myrtilloides, citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1982). The ecological impact of nectar-robbing bees and pollinating hummingbirds on a tropical shrub. Ecology 63 (2): 354-360 [358] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens, geographic record, foraging behavior, nectar robbing: Pavonia dasypetala (Malvaceae))
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [327, 330, 333, 338, 341, 345, 346, 353] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens pallens and Trigona pallens, partim [see also Trigona pallens (Fabricius)] nesting site: in active termite nest, geographic records, nest characteristics, pollen, 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. [503, 507, 519, 523] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens muzoensis, synonymy [?]; as Trigona (Trigona) aff. pallens, key, geographic range, taxonomic notes, male, comparative notes, nesting site: arboreal termite nest, nest entrance, defense behavior, figure: hind leg)
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] (habitat, geographic range)
Roubik, D. W., Yanega, D., Aluja S., M., Buchmann, S. L. & Inouye, D. W. (1995). On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 26: 197-211 [199, 200, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207] (nectar, synonymy, sugar concentration, total dissolved solids, taxonomic note, sucrose solution, amino acids)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [243, 260, 262, 265] (alarm behavior, raid: Lestrimelitta, aggressiveness)
Schultz, T. R., Engel, M. S. & Prentice, M. (1999). Resolving conflict between morphological and molecular evidence for the origin of eusociality in the "corbiculate" bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a hypothesis-testing approach pp. 125-138 in Byers, G. W., Hagen, R. H. & Brooks, R. W. (ed.) Entomological contributions in memory of Byron A. Alexander. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publications 24. Lawrence: University of Kansas Natural History Museum [130] (morphology, molecular analysis, DNA, phylogeny)
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). Stingless bees in combat. Nat. Hist. 32 (5): 552-553 [352, 353] (as Trigona pallida, geographic range, behavior, citation, interespecific interaction, combat)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [4, 11-12] (as Trigona pallida pallida, key, synonymy [partim], geographic records)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [115, 204, 208, 301-302] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallida muzoensis, hamuli, key: males, diagnosis, description: male, comparative notes, geographic record; 88, 108, 207, 209, 247, 295-298, 300: as Trigona (Trigona) pallida pallida, partim [except British Guiana, Suriname and Brazil, including description of worker], behavior, interespecific interaction, combat, oil and grease collecting, citation, key [only queen and male], comparative notes [queen], description [male, queen], figures: male)
Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (as Trigona (Trigona) muzoensis, list)
Snow, A. A. & Roubik, D. W. (1987). Pollen deposition and removal by bees visiting two tree species in Panama. Biotropica 19 (1): 57-63 [59] (as Trigona pallens, pollen foraging behavior, chewing anthers, flower record: Cochlospermum vitifolium (Cochlospermaceae))
Soria, S. J. (1975). O papel das abelhas sem ferrão (Meliponinae) na polinização do cacaueiro na América Tropical (Monografia). Theobroma 5 (1): 12-20 [13] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona pallida, flower record: Theobroma cacau, citation)
Vergara, C. B., Villa, A. L. & Nates-Parra, G. (1986). Nidificación de meliponinos (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de la región central de Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical 34(2): 181-184 [183] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) pallens pallens, geographic records, nesting site: cavities)
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [151, 157, 159] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) pallens pallens, geographic record, nesting site: tree cavity, altitudinal records)
Waddington, K. D., Herbst, L. H. & Roubik, D. W. (1986). Relationship between recruitment systems of stingless bees and whitin-nest worker size variation. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 59 (1): 95-102 [97] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens, morphometrics, communication, recruitment)
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [3] (as Trigona pallida, geographic record, behavior, black crude oil collecting)
Wheeler, W. M. (1923). Social life among the insects. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 375 pp. [122] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona kohli [*from Schwarz, 1948: 292])
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 [72] (as Trigona (Trigona) pallens pallens, partim [citation of Michener, 1946 - see also Trigona chanchamayoensis Schwarz], nest characteristics)
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