Trigona dallatorreana Friese, 1900
Common Names: "kukraire", "tu", "sicae-amarilla-chica"
Trigona dallatorreana
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [387] .
Type data: lectotype HNHM 685/62 <F> worker, paralectotype ZMB <F> workers (7?) .
Subsequent designation: Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [536] (designation of the lectotype by Claus Rasmussen, in litt., 29.III.2006) .
Type locality: Pebas, Peru.
Etymology: homage to Prof. K. W. Dalla Torre.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas [Japurá, Manaus, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira], Maranhão [Alcântara, Buriticupu, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Nova Ubiratã], Pará [Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Cumaru Do Norte, Faro, Itaituba], Rondônia, Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Peru (Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Ucayali), Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas)
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