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Scaptotrigona ochrotricha (Buysson, in Du Buysson & Marshall, 1892)
Trigona ochrotrichus Du Buysson, R. & Marshall, T. A. (1892). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Decémbre 1887- Avril 1888). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 61: 53-60 [54] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <F> worker (s?).
Type locality: Colonia Tovar, Venezuela [1887-1888, probably M. E. Simon leg.].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua)

References

Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [582] (as Melipona ochrotricha, list)
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [111] (as Melipona postica, partim [Trigona ochrotricha Buysson], synonymy)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [405] (as Melipona postica, partim [Trigona ochrotricha Buysson], synonymy)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [240] (? uncertain identity, [error, does not exist in Valle and Cauca, Colombia], geographic range, altitudinal range, citation)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [282] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) cf. ochrotricha, [error, does not exist in Valle and Cauca, Colombia], geographic records, nesting site: Cordia sp., Guazuma ulmifolia, Trichanthera gigantea, flower records: Sapindus saponaria, Vernonia, Trema micranta, Compositae)
Parra, G. (1990). Bionomia de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 57-58: 77-116 [80, 82, 86, 89-90, 94, 97, 100, 101] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) cf. ochrotricha, [error, does not exist in Valle and Cauca, Colombia], geographic records, nesting sites: tree cavities: Cupania sp., Trichanthera gigantea, Cordia sp., Erythrina, nest characteristics, defense behavior)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [482] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) ochrotricha, comparative note)
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, list)
Vit, P., Fernandez-Maeso, M. C. & Ortiz-Valbuena, A. (1998). Potential use of the three frequently occurring sugars in honey to predict stingless bee entomological origin. J. Appl. Ent. 122: 5-8 [6] (as Scaptotrigona ochrotica [sic], honey composition, sugar contents, dendrogram)
Vit, P., Oddo, L. P., Marano, M. L. & de Mejias, S. S. (1998). Venezuelan stingless bee honeys characterized by multivariate analysis of physicochemical properties. Apidologie 29: 377-389 [379, 380, 382, 383, 386] (as Scaptotrigona ochrotica [sic], honey, physicochemical characteristics, dendrogram)
Vit, P. & Pulcini, P. (1996). Diastase and invertase activities in Meliponini and Trigonini honeys from Venezuela. J. Apic. Res. 35 (2): 57-62 [58, 59, 60, 61] (as Scaptotrigona ochrotica [sic], geographic record, melissopalynology, honey, pollen record: Astronium type (Anacardiaceae), dendrogram, diastase, invertase activities)
Vit, P. & Ricciardelli d'Albore, G. (1994). Palinologia comparada en miel y polen de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) de Venezuela pp. 121-132 in Universitat de Valencia (ed.) X Simposio de Palinologia (A.P.L.E.). Valencia: Universitat de Valencia . pp. [123] (as Scaptotrigona ochrotica [sic], palynology, geographic record)
Vit, P. & Tomás-Barberán, F. A. (1998). Flavonoids in Meliponinae honeys from Venezuela related to their botanical, geographical and entomological origin to assess their putative anticataract activity. Z Lebensm unters Forsch A 206: 288-293 [290, 291] (as Scaptotrigona ochrotica [sic], geographic record, melissopalynology, honey, pollen record: Astronium type (Anacardiaceae), honey composition, flavonoids)

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