Plebeia franki (Friese, 1900)
Common Name: "mimí"
Trigona franki
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [393] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F> worker (probably in ZMB).
Type locality: Colombia.
Etymology: homage to A. Frank.
Trigona mosquito domicilii
Rau, P. (1933). The jungle bees and wasps of Barro Colorado Island (with notes on other insects). Missouri: Kirkwood 1-324 pp. [34-36] (nom. nud.) .
Trigona mosquito domiciliorum
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [16] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker (Dates and colectors of the types: 25.III.1924, J. C. Bradley leg., 30.XII.1928, 18.II.1929, C. H. Curran leg., 21-29.XI.1930, F. E. Lutz & H. F. Schwarz leg.) , paratype AMNH <F> workers (26) , paratype CUIC 5588 <F> worker (2) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype ZMB <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
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 [10] (Moure, in Wille & Michener)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Tolima), Costa Rica, Panama, Panama Canal Zone
References
Benthem, F. D. J., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. & Velthuis, H. H. W. (1995). Biology of the stingless bee Plebeia remota (Holmberg): observations and evolutionary implications. Insectes Soc. 42: 71-87 [82] (cells arrangement, citation)
Drumond, P. M., Bego, L. R. & Melo, G. A. R. (1995). Nest architecture of the stingless bee Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1993 and related considerations (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 79: 39-45 [39] (as Plebeia domiciliorum, cell arrangement)
Hilário, S. D., Gimenes, M. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (2003). The influence of colony size in diel rhythms of flight activity of Melipona bicolor Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) pp. 191-197 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [194] (as Plebeia mosquito, light perception, citation)
Lutz, F. E. (1931). Light as a factor in controlling the start of daily activity of a wren and stingless bees. Am. Mus. Novit. 468: 1-9 [5-9] (as Trigona mosquito, behavior, nest defense, nest entrance closing, predator: spider (Attidae), flight activity, daily activity, light influence)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [170] (as Trigona (Plebeia) domiciliorum, synonymy, geographic records)
Michener, C. D. (1982). A new interpretation of fossil social bees from the Dominican Republic. Sociobiology 7 (1): 37-45 [42] (as Trigona domiciliorum, comparative notes)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [113] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) franki, list)
Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [255] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) franki, morphology, labium)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [156] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) franki, partim?, folk name: "abeja mosco", geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239, 247] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) franki, list, geographic records, citation)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [69, 72, 73] (as Trigona (Plebeia) franki, defense behavior)
Parra, G. (1984). Censo parcial de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae-Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 13 (49-50): 277-290 [278] (as Trigona (Plebeia) franki, geographic record, artificial hive)
Parra, G. (1990). Bionomia de las abejas sin aguijon (Apidae Meliponinae) del Occidente Colombiano. Cespedesia 57-58: 77-116 [80, 85, 88, 94, 97, 100, 101] (as Trigona (Plebeia) franki, nesting site: tree hollow, rearing, artificial hive, defense behavior, geographic record, nest entrance, nest characteristics)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [330, 331, 334, 339, 346-347, 350, 353] (as Trigona (Plebeia) franki, nesting site: tree cavities, cement block wall, nest entrance, geographic range, synonymy, nest characteristics, nest population, pollen volume, honey characteristics, 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. [501, 503, 511, 514, 523] (key, figures: hind tibia, synonymy, geographic range, diagnosis, note on paratype, nesting site: tree, artificial cavities, defense behavior, folk name: "mimí")
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [549] (list, synonymy, geographic range)
Roubik, D. W. & Wolda, H. (2000). Male and female bee dynamics in a lowland tropical forest pp. 167-174 in International Bee Research Association (ed.) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climates. Cardiff: IBRA [168, 169] (geographic record, light trap, males, seasonality)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [262] (raid: Lestrimelitta)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [5, 16-18] (as Trigona mosquito domiciliorum, key, synonymy, description, comparative notes, geographic record, nesting site: buildings, predators: spider, Marpissa magna (Salticidae) - citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [82, 91] (as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito domiciliorum, behavior, nest defense, nest entrance closing, daily activity starting, light intensity, predator: spider, Salticidae, citation)
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] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) frank, list)
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 [10, 18, 42, 53, 64] (as Trigona (Plebeia) domiciliorum, synonymy, nesting site: artificial cavities, nest characteristics, citation)
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