Scaptotrigona wheeleri (Cockerell, 1913)
Trigona bipunctata wheeleri
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [11] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23252 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers (?) , paratype MCZ 8984 <F> workers (many) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Escuintla, Guatemala, 20.XII.1911, No. 11, Wm. M. Wheeler leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, El Salvador (La Libertad), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Escuintla, Quezaltenango, Suchitepéquez, Zacapa)
References
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [684, 690] (list)
Kerr, W. E., Sakagami, S. F., Zucchi, R., Portugal Araújo, V. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1967). Observações sôbre a arquitetura dos ninhos e comportamento de algumas espécies de abelhas sem ferrão das vizinhanças de Manaus, Amazonas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Atas do Simpósio sôbre a Biota Amazônica 5: 255-309 [272] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) bipunctata wheeleri, coexistence: Solenopsis geminata, nest, citation)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [496] (a Trigona bipunctata wheeleri, geographic records, citation)
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) wheeleri, comparative note)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [56, 72, 90, 133] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) bipunctata wheeleri, geographic record, behavior, ventilation, defense, nesting site: base of trunk, neighbor nest: Solenopsis geminata, excrements collecting, honey, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [13] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) mexicana mexicana [cited as Trigona bipunctata wheeleri], synonymy, taxonomic notes, comparative notes, citation)
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [5-6, 7] (as Trigona bipunctata wheeleri, geographic record, nesting site: trunk of Acacia, nest entrance, behavior, human excrement collecting, diseases dissemination, honey)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023