Scaptotrigona hellwegeri (Friese, 1900)
Common Name: "abeja-bermeja"
Trigona hellwegeri
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [389] .
Type data: lectotype HNHM 582/34 <F> worker , paralectotype HNHM 582/34 <F> workers (2) , paralectotype ZMB <F> workers (14).
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. [480] (designation of the lectotype by Claus Rasmussen, in litt., 29.III.2006) .
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, México, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa)
References
Ayala, R. (1988). Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77: 395-493 [406, 447, 448] (list, key, geographic range)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [8, 14, 82, 88-90, 91, 92, 117] (list, key, figures: male genitalia, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, habitat, flower records: Caesalpinia caladenia, Apoplanesia paniculata, Xanthoxylum sp., Antigonon leptopus)
Bullock, S. H., Martínez del Rio, C. & Ayala, R. (1989). Bee visitation rates to trees of Prockia crucis differing in flower number. Oecologia (Berl.) 78: 389-393 [392] (as Trigona hellwegeri, geographic record, pollen foraging behavior, flower record: Prockia crucis (Flacourtiaceae))
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [359] (geographic record)
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 [115-116] (as Melipona hellwegeri, taxonomic note)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [407] (as Melipona hellwegeri, taxonomic note)
González-Acereto, J. & Araújo-Freitas, C. D. (2005). Manual de meliponicultura mexicana. Mérida: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Fundación Produce Guerrero A. C. ii+46 pp. [12, 19, 32, 42] (geographic record, figure: nest entrance, folk name: "abeja bermeja", rearing, artificial hive, parasites control)
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 [498] (as Trigona hellwegeri, geographic records, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [117] (species list)
Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [200] (geographic range, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [69, 458] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) hellwegeri, comparative notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [364, 370] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) hellwegeri, geographic records, key)
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