Trigona ferricauda Cockerell, 1917
Trigona ferricauda
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [127] .
Type data: holotype USNM <F> workers.
Type locality: Porto Bello, Panama, 18.IV.1912, A. Busck.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Cartago, Heredia, Limón), Ecuador (Cañar, Chimborazo), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón), Panama Canal Zone
References
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Nagamitsu, T., Momose, K., Inoue, T. & Roubik, D. W. (1999). Preference in flower visits and partitioning in pollen diets of stingless bees in an Asian tropical rain forest. Res. Popul. Ecol. 41: 195-202 [200] (foraging behavior, flower record: Justicia aurea, citation)
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Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [96, 155, 156] (flower records: Justicia (Acanthaceae), Heliconia, foraging behavior, destructive flower visitation, nectar collecting: Pavonia (=Lopimia) dasypetala (Malvaceae), Aphelandra, Stromanthe, pollen collecting: Solanum, figures, citation)
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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] (list)
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Wille, A., Orozco, E. & Raabe, C. (1983). Polinización del chayote Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz en Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 145-154 [146] (as Trigona (Trigona) ferricauda, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae), geographic records, altitudinal records)
Willmer, P. G. & Corbet, S. A. (1981). Temporal and microclimatic partitioning of the floral resources of Justicia aurea amongst a concourse of pollen vectors and nectar robbers. Oecologia (Berl.) 51 (1): 67-78 [69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76] (geographic record, foraging behavior, flower record: Justicia aurea (Acanthaceae), nectar robbery, pollen, daily activity, relative abundance, niche, microclimatic patterning)
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