Trigona recursa Smith, 1863
Common Names: "vamos-embôra", "feiticeira", "vamo-nos-embora", "puka-kam-mehn"
Trigona recursa
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [508, 504, plate 20, figure 15] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1087 <F> worker , paralectotype OUM <F> worker , paralectotype AMNH <F> worker , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (7) (probably in BMNH).
Subsequent designation: Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [227] (by inference: Schwarz, 1948: 227, referred to one specimen deposited in BMNH as the "type") .
Type locality: Brazil.
Remarks
Under the name of Trigona recursa Smith there are several undescribed species
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas [Japurá, Manaus, Maués], Ceará, Goiás [Barro Alto], Maranhão [Buriticupu, Chapadinha], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cuiabá, Nova Xavantina], Mato Grosso do Sul [Campo Grande], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Januária], Pará [Belém, Igarapé-Açu], Piauí [Brejo Do Piauí, Palmeira Do Piauí], Rondônia [Porto Velho], São Paulo [Cajuru, Ribeirão Preto], Tocantins [Esperantina, Gurupi]), Ecuador (Napo), Guyana (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Peru (Junín, Loreto)
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