Trigona necrophaga Camargo & Roubik, 1991
Trigona necrophaga
Camargo, J. M. F. & Roubik, D. W. (1991). Systematics and bionomics of the apoid obligate necrophages: the Trigona hypogea group (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 44: 13-39 [28] .
Type data: holotype USNM 8950839 <F> worker , allotype USNM <M> male (1) , paratype RPSP 830833-850838, 850840-850849, <F> workers (14), male () , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP <M> male (1) , paratype STRI <F> workers, <M> males (several).
Type locality: Portobelo, Colón, Panama, 15 km SW, Santa Rita Ridge Road, km 20, IV.1985, Roubik, leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Panama (Colón, Panamá, San Blas)
References
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Camargo, J. M. F. & Roubik, D. W. (1991). Systematics and bionomics of the apoid obligate necrophages: the Trigona hypogea group (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 44: 13-39 [13, 14,15, 16,17,19, 20,22, 23, 24,25, 28-32,33, 34,35,38] (geographic records, comparative notes, foraging behavior, necrophagy, carcass visiting: toads, frogs, lizards, snakes, birds, fish, pork and poultry, synonymy, description, nesting site: hollow of tree: Lecythis (Lecythidaceae), Calophyllum longifolium (Guttiferae), nest population, honey, sugar concentration, behavior, odor trail, nest characteristics, resins, seeds collecting: Vismia (Guttiferae), morphometrics, figures: nest entrance, worker, male)
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Noll, F. B., Zucchi, R., Jorge, J. A. & Mateus, S. (1996). Food collection and maturation in the necrophagous stingless bees, Trigona hypogea (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69 (4): 287-293 [287] (necrophagy, note, citation)
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