Plebeia mosquito (Smith, 1863)
Common Name: "mosquito"
Trigona mosquito
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [510] .
Type data: syntype BMNH 17B 1093 <F> worker (1) , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (9).
Type locality: Brazil [probably from southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, eastern Minas Gerais].
Remarks
Plebeia mosquito (Smith) is probably from southeastern region of Brazil, however the types was not restudied and its identity remains obscure. Several distinct species have been cited in the literature under the name Plebeia mosquito.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Minas Gerais [Barbacena], Rio de Janeiro [Macaé, Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro])
References
Alfken, J. D. (1930). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reisen des Herrn Dr. A. Roman 1914-1915 und 1923-1924 in Amazonas. Ark. Zool. 21A (28): 1-16 [9] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona mosquito, geographic record, flower records: Convolvulaceae, Compositae)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [87] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mosquito, note on type [!])
Bertoni, A. W. (1911). Contribución á la biologia de las avispas y abejas del Paraguay (Hymenoptera). An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 97-146 [144-145] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito group [includes several species], wax, honey)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [489] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito var. [Plebeia mosquito does not occur in Honduras], geographic record)
Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge xxii+682 pp. [289] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, beekeeping, nest size)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [581] (as Melipona mosquito, list)
Darchen, R. (1969). La biologie des Trigones et des Mélipones (Hyménoptéres Apidae) a la lumbre des travaux récents. Annee Biol. 8 (7-8): 455-490 [482] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, flight range)
Darchen, R. & Louis, J. (1961). Les mélipones et leur élevage Melipona - Trigona - Lestremelitta [sic]. Annales de L’Abeille 4 (I): 5-39 [37] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, honey fermentation)
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, 44] (? uncertain identity, nest, swarming, citation)
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 [15, 25, 33, 93, 95-97, 99] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona mosquito, partim, [includes several species], geographic records, nest characteristics, key, comparative notes, synonymy, folk names: "jaty", "abelha-mosquito", "tujuvinha mirim", "jatahy-mosquito", "jatahy-preto", description, geographic range, figure: plate 6 - figure 18: hind leg)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [341, 343, 352, 394, 395-396] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona mosquito, partim [includes several species], geographic records, key, comparative notes, synonymy, folk names: "jaty", "abelha-mosquito", "tujuvinha mirim", "jatahy-mosquito", "jatahy-preto", description, nesting site: hollow trunk, bamboo, cavities in walls, nest characteristics, geographic range, figures: hind leg, plate 4 - figure 16)
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [392] (as Trigona mosquito, comparative note)
Heard, T. A. (1999). The role of stingless bees in crop pollination. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 44: 183-206 [187, 197] (? uncertain identity, maximum flight range, pollination: Jatropha gossypifolia (Euphorbiaceae), citation [error, reference 93, not 94 as indicated])
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [216, 226, 227, 238, 239, 245, 253, 262, 266] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito [includes more than one species] folk name: "tujuvinha mirim", "jatahy mosquito", "jatahy miúda, verdadeira", "mirim", nesting site: hollow of trunk, nest characteristics, nest population, geographic record, behavior [?], queen, worker weight, size, honey composition, taxonomic note)
Ihering, H. (1930). Biologia das abelhas melliferas do Brasil. Boletim de Agricultura 31 (5-6): 435-506, 649-714 [481, 495-496, 651, 653, 658, 667, 677, 682, 711, 712, 713] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito [includes more than one species], folk name: "tujuvinha mirim", "jatahy mosquito", "jatahy miúda, verdadeira", "mirim", nesting site: hollow of trunk, nest characteristics, nest population, geographic record, behavior [?], queen, worker weight, size, honey composition, taxonomic note)
Ihering, R. (2002). Dicionário dos animais do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: DIFEL 1-588 + 12 plates pp. [63, 285, 571] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, folk name: "abelha-mosquito", "jataí-mosquito", "jataí", body size, diagnosis, nesting site: hollow trees, cavities in stones, walls, nest entrance, honey)
Juliani, L. (1967). A descrição do ninho e alguns dados biológicos sobre a abelha Plebeia julianii Moure, 1962 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 12: 31-58 [51] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, partim [except citation of Rau, 1933], synonymy (=Plebeia droryana?), nest, citation)
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [193, 202, 273, 274] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebéia) [sic] mosquito, folk name: "mirim guassú", oviposition, eggs/day rate, spermatogenesis, figures: cyst of testicle, spermatozoa)
Kerr, W. E. (1951). Bases para o estudo da genética de populações dos Hymenoptera em geral e dos Apinae sociais em particular. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 8: 219-354 [272, 274, 284, 293, 296, 313] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, nest, swarming, wax transportation, nest aggregation, geographic records, nest entrance closing, male wax secretion)
Kerr, W. E. (1992). Estudos sobre a genética de populações de himenópteros em geral e dos apíneos sociais em particular. [thesis abstract] pp. 218-225 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [219, 223] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, genetics, sexual alleles)
Lenko, K. & Papavero, N. (1996). Insetos no folclore. São Paulo: Plêiade, FAPESP 2nd Edn 1-468 pp. [262, 271] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, folk names: "abelha-mosquito", "jataí-mosquito", "jataí", "jataí-do-preto", body size, diagnosis, nesting site: hollow trees, cavities in stones, walls, nest entrance, honey, citation)
Lopes, A. V. & Machado, I. C. (1998). Floral biology and reproductive ecology of Clusia nemorosa (Clusiaceae) in northeastern Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution 213: 71-90 [82] (? uncertain identity, flower record: Clusia fluminensis (Clusiaceae), pollen foraging, citation)
Lutz, F. E. (1924). Some characters of American Meliponidae pp. 202-232 in Lutz, F. E. Apparently non-selective characters and combinations of characters, including a study of ultraviolet in relation to the flower visiting habits of insects. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 29: 181–283 [206, 210, 216, 220] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, taxonomic characters, mouth parts, hind tibia)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [119-120] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, partim, [includes several species, see Plebeia emerina (Friese)], synonymy, folk names: "mosquito", "jatahy do preto", diagnosis, nest characteristics, behavior, domestication, nesting sites: cavities in walls, stones, trees, resin collecting: Artocarpus integrifolia, honey, flower record: Melissa officinalis, geographic range)
Melo, G. A. R. & Costa, M. A. (2009). A new cluster-brood building species of Plebeia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from eastern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 53: 77-81 [78] (taxonomic note, type specimen)
Michener, C. D. (1974). The social behavior of the bees. Cambridge: Belknap Press, Harvard University Press 404+xii pp. [57, 153, 225] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, nest population, flight range, communication, mixed colony, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1982). A new interpretation of fossil social bees from the Dominican Republic. Sociobiology 7 (1): 37-45 [42] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, list, comparative notes)
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The Uni 1: 1-81 [48] (as Plebeia mosquito, genus type species)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [797] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mosquito, genus type species)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [71] (? uncertain identity, as Plebeia mosquito and var., list)
Moure, J. S. (1947). Notas sobre algunas abejas de la Provincia de Salta (Hymen. Apoidea). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 13: 218-253 [252] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, comparative notes)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Contribuição para o conhecimento das espécies brasileiras de Hypotrigona Cockerell (Hymen., Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (4): 241-260 [259] (? uncertain identity, comparative note)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Notas sobre alguns Meliponinae bolivianos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (1): 70-80 [73-74, 75] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, description, comparative notes)
Moure, J. S. (1951). Notas sôbre Meliponinae (Hymenopt. - Apoidea). Dusenia 2 (1): 25-70 [54] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mosquito, taxonomic note, genic segregation [inlcudes different species] - citation)
Moure, J. S. & J. M. F. Camargo (1982). Partamona (Nogueirapis) minor, nova espécie de Meliponinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) do Amazonas e notas sobre Plebeia variicolor (Ducke). Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 120: 1-10 [7] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mosquito, taxonomic note, comparative note)
Moure, J. S. & J. M. F. Camargo (1992). Geotrigona inusitata, uma nova espécie de Meliponinae do sudeste do Brasil (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 20 (1991) (1-4): 53–59 [57] (as Trigona mosquito, citation)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1954). Notas bionômicas sôbre Meliponíneos III- Sôbre a enxameagem (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 42: 419-452 [422, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, 436, 437, 438, 440, 441,] (442, 443, 444,, 445, 447, 448, 449, 450; ? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, swarming, citation, resin, geographic record, behavior, fighting, colony death, nest material transportation, cell construction, male aggregation)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [38, 44, 47, 83] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, Melipona mosquito, Plebeia mosquito, folk names: "jataí do preto", "jati", "jataí", "mosquito", "tujuvinha mirim", geographic range, citation)
Peckolt, T. (1893). Ueber brasilianische Bienen. Natur 42: 579-581 [580] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona mosquito, folk name: "mosquito")
Peckolt, T. (1894). Ueber brasilianische Bienen. Natur 43: 87-91, 223-225, 233-234 [88] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona mosquito, citation)
Rau, P. (1933). The jungle bees and wasps of Barro Colorado Island (with notes on other insects). Missouri: Kirkwood 1-324 pp. [?] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito [error, Plebeia mosquito does not occur in Barro Colorado, Panamá; * from Juliani, 1967], nest)
Rebêlo, J. M. M., Rêgo, M. M. C. & Albuquerque, P. M. C. (2003). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) da região setentrional do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil pp. 265-278 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. [268, 272] (? uncertain identity, geographic records, habitat, citation)
Rocha, M. P., Pompolo, S. G. & Campos, L. A. O. (2003). Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 311-320 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. [317] (? uncertain identity, cytogenetics, chromosomes number (n=9), citation)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [460] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito, predator: Cryptocerus elongatus (Formicidae), citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). The genus Melipona the type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (4): 231-460 [243, 253, 257] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito [partim, error, Plebeia mosquito does not occur in Panamá], nest defense, guard, phylogeny, taxonomic characters, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [446, 480, 481-482] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito [error, includes several distinct species], key, synonymy, geographic record, taxonomic range, geographic range)
Schwarz, H. F. (1945). The wax of stingless bees (Meliponidae) and the uses to which it has been put. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 53: 137-144 [143] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, wax, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [60, 64, 89, 124, 143, 161, 268] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, swarm, queen description, predator: Cryptocerus elongatus (=Cryptocerus pusillus), honey fermentation, wax, swarming, citation)
Seabra, V. C. (1799). Memoria em que se dá noticia de diversas espécies de abelhas, que dão mel, proprias do Brasil, e desconhecidas na Europa. Memórias da Academia Real das Ciências de Lisboa 2: 99-104 [100, 102] (? uncertain identity, as "jataí mosquito", "moça branca", defense, behavior, size, nesting site: dead branches, combs, wax, honey)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [90] (list)
Smith, F. (1866). Notes on some hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. Peckolt at Catagallo, south Brazil. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 15: 323-327 [325] (as Trigona mosquito [*from Schwarz, 1948: 64] queen description)
Smith, F. (1868). Observations on the economy of Brazilian insects, chiefly Hymenoptera, from the notes of Mr. Peckolt. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 16 (1): 133-136 [133] (as Trigona Mosquito [sic], geographic record)
Soria, S. J. (1975). O papel das abelhas sem ferrão (Meliponinae) na polinização do cacaueiro na América Tropical (Monografia). Theobroma 5 (1): 12-20 [13] (? uncertain identity, as Plebeia mosquita [sic], geographic record, follk name: "jitaí mirim", pollen foraging, flower record: Theobroma cacao, cocoa, citation)
Vogel, S., Machado, I. C. (1991). Pollination of four sympatric species of Angelonia (Scrophulariaceae) by oil-collecting bees in NE. Brazil. Plant Syst. Evol. 178: 153-178 [171, 172] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, body size, pollen foraging behavior, occasional pollination, flower records: Angelonia bisaccata, A. hookeriana (Scrophulariaceae))
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [53] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, nest population, citation)
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, 19, 43, 54, 65, 264] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, nesting sites: tree cavities, artificial cavities, nest characteristics, nest population, citation)
Wille, A. & Orozco, E. (1975). Observations on the founding of a new colony by Trigona cupira (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 22 (2): 253-287 [254] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito, nest foundation, citation)
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