APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Trigona
Trigona venezuelana Schwarz, 1948
Trigona (Trigona) dimidiata venezuelana
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [291] .
Type data: holotype USNM <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers , paratype BMNH <F> workers.
Type locality: Lagunita de Aroa, Venezuela, 2000 feet, XII.1910, M. A. Carriker.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Yaracuy)
References
Almeida, M. C. (1992). Estudo de algumas espécies de Trigona Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Meliponinae) da região neotropical. [dissertation abstract] pp. 23-24 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [23, 24] (taxonomy)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [240] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) dimidiata venezuelana, partim: Vichada [?])
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [115, 204, 208, 281, 290, 291] (as Trigona (Trigona) dimidiata venezuelana, hamuli, key, comparative notes, description, taxonomy, types, geographic records)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigona) dimidiata venezuelana, list)
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