Scaptotrigona panamensis (Cockerell, 1913)
Trigona pectoralis panamensis
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [12] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype MCZ 8983 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Las Sabanas, Panama, IX.1911, W. M. Wheeler leg., no. 15.
Remarks
probably junior synonym of Scaptotrigona pectoralis (DallaTorre)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas, San José), Panama (Coclé, Darién), Panama Canal Zone
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis, list, type examined)
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 [360] (comparative notes, taxonomic notes)
Cheesman, L. E. (1929). Hymenoptera collected on the “St. George” Expedition in Central America and the W. Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 141-154 [149] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis, geographic record: Taboga island)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1928). Bees collected by Dr. W. M. Wheeler at flowers of Triplaris. Psyche 35: 170-172 [171-172] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis, geographic record, flower record: Triplaris americana)
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 [500] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis, geographic record, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [170-171] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) pectoralis panamensis, synonymy, taxonomic notes, habitat, geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [240] (? uncertain identity, as Scaptotrigona pectoralis panamensis, geographic range, altitudinal range)
Parra, G. (1990). Bionomia de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 57-58: 77-116 [80, 82, 86, 89, 94, 97] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) pectoralis panamensis, nest entrance, geographic record, habitat, nest characteristics, defense behavior)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [327, 330, 331, 335, 339, 342, 346, 348, 350] (as Trigona (Scaptotrigona) pectoralis panamensis, nest population, worker, male population, nesting sites: hollow of tree, earth banks [!], fissures between rock slabs [!], nest characteristics, defense behavior, aggressiveness, honey, sugar concentration)
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. [500, 512, 516, 517, 523] (as Scaptotrigona pectoralis panamensis, key, figure: hind leg, nest entrance, comparative notes, geographic range, habitat, diagnosis, nest entrance, nesting sites: in trees, rock crevices, artificial cavities, behavior, aggressiveness)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [20] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis,)
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [15] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis, comparative notes)
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, as Scaptotrigona pectoralis panamensis, list)
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [6] (as Trigona pectoralis panamensis and geographic record, flower record: Cucurbitaceae)
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