Scaptotrigona subobscuripennis (Schwarz, 1951)
Trigona bipunctata ruficornis
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [14] (nom. nud. Unpublished name by Friese) .
Trigona (Scaptotrigona) mexicana subobscuripennis
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [11] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers, male , paratype RPSP <M> male , paratype RPSP 36385 <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> worker , paratype BMNH 17B 1159 <F> workers, males (45).
Type locality: Progreso, Chiriqui, Panama, 14, 17, 25.IV.1923, F. M. Gaige.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), Nicaragua, Panama (Chiriquí)
References
Costa, M. A., Del Lama, M. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Sheppard, W. S. (2003). Molecular phylogeny of the stingless bees (Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini) inferred from mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. Apidologie 34: 73-84 [75, 77, 78, 79, 80] (geographic record, molecular analysis, DNA, phylogeny)
González- B., V. H. & Nates-Parra, G. (1999). Sinopsis de Parapartamona (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), un género estrictamente andino. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 23 (supl. especial): 171-179 [178] (altitudinal range)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [171] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) mexicana subobscuripennis, synonymy, geographic records)
Rincón, M., Roubik, D. W., Finegan, B., Delgado, D., Zamora, N. (2000). Understory bees and floral resources in logged and silviculturally treated Costa Rican rainforest plots. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 72 (4): 379-393 [384] (geographic record, managed forest, list)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [499, 512, 517, 523] (as Scaptotrigona mexicana subobscuripennis, key, figure: tibia, geographic range, diagnosis, nesting sites: in living tree, in ground, citation, nest entrance, aggressive behavior)
Roubik, D. W. (2002). Feral African bees augment neotropical coffee yeld pp. 255-266 in Kevan, P. G. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. I. (ed.) Pollinating bees: The Conservation link between agriculture and nature. Brasilia: Ministry of Environment 313 pp. [259] (flower record: Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae))
Roubik, D. W., Lobo Segura, J. A. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1997). New stingless bee genus endemic to Central American cloudforest: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Syst. Entomol. 22: 67-80 [78] (geographic record, altitudinal record, habitat, flower records: white flowers of Compositae and Miconia)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [60] (as Trigona mexicana subobscuripennis, honey characteristics)
Wille, A. & C. D. Michener (1973). The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 21 (Suplemento 1): 1-278 [12, 22, 33, 46, 57, 68, 155, 156-161, 265] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) mexicana subobscuripennis, nesting site: tree cavities, geographic records, habitat, nest characteristics, nest entrance, figures: nest entrance, nest)
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 (Scaptotrigona) mexicana suboscuripennis, geographic records, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae))
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023