Plebeia flavocincta (Cockerell, 1912)
Trigona frontalis flavocincta
Cockerell, T. D. A (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [50] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23253 <F> worker.
Type locality: Independencia, Paraíba, Brazil, Mann & Heath leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Casa Nova], Ceará [Mulungu], Paraíba [Guarabira, Mamanguape, Seridó], Pernambuco [Igarassu], Piauí [Brejo Do Piauí])
References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [314] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona frontalis flavocincta variety A [error, Plebeia flavocincta does not exist in Guatemala], geographic record)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [127] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona frontalis flavocincta [error, does not exist in Mexico], synonymy)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [462] (as Trigona frontalis flavocincta, partim: Brazil, geographic range)
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) flavocincta, geographic record [error, does not exist in Honduras])
Lima-Verde, L.M., Pacheco-Filho, A.J.S. & Freitas, B.M. (2020). Stingless bee (Apidae, Meliponini) guilds occurring in the immediate edges of forest fragments of the Baturité Massif, State of Ceará, Brazil. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. (Rio de Janeiro) 92 (2): 1-13 [4] (Distribution)
Lorenzon, M. C. A. & Matrangolo, C. A. R. (2005). Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region. Braz. Journ. Biol. 65 (2): 291-298 [294, 295] (non-floral resources, water, honeydew, seeds, resin, urine, flesh, food, salts, flower records [?]: Cardiopermum [sic = Cardiospermum] corindum, Byrsonima sp.)
Lorenzon, M. C. A., Matrangolo, C. A. R. & Schoereder, J. H. (2003). Flora visitada pelas abelhas eussociais (Hymenoptera, Apidae) na Serra da Capivara, em caatinga do sul do Piauí. Neotropical Entomology 32 (1): 27-36 [29, 30, 31, 32] (geographic record, flower records: Encholirium spectabile (Bromeliaceae), Erythroxylum rummularia (Erythroxylaceae), Hyptis suaveolens (Lamiaceae), Poeppigia procera, Boccoa mollis (Caesalpiniaceae), Macroptilum lathyroides, Cratylia mollis (Fabaceae), Mimosa somnians, Piptadenia moniliformis (Mimosaceae), Heterpopterys [sic = Heteropterys] sp. (Malpighiaceae), Waltheria indicans (Sterculiaceae), Piriqueta caroliniana integrifolia (Turneraceae), Vellozia cinerascens (Velloziaceae), relative abundance)
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 [497] (as Trigona frontalis flavocincta, partim: Brazil, citation)
Martins, C. F. (2002). Diversity of the bee fauna of the Brazilian caatinga pp. 131-134 in Kevan, P. G. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (ed.) Pollinating bees: the conservation link between agriculture and nature. Brasília: Ministry of environment 313 pp. [132, 133] (geographic record, habitat)
Martins, C. F., Cortopassi-Laurino, M., Koedam, D. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (2004). Espécies arbóreas utilizadas para nidificação por abelhas sem ferrão na caatinga (Seridó, PB; João Câmara, RN). Biota Neotropica 4 (2): 1-8 [2, 3] (nest, relative abundance, nesting sites: Caesalpinia pyramidalis)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239] (? uncertain identity, as Plebeia (Plebeia) aff. flavocincta [Plebeia flavocincta does not occur in Colombia], geographic range)
Pierrot, L. M. & Schlindwein, C. (2003). Variation in daily flight activity and foraging patterns of uruçu - Melipona scutellaris Latreille (Apidae, Meliponini). Rev. Bras. Zool. 20 (4): 565-571 [566] (geographic record, habitat, nest)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [15] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona mosquito frontalis flavocincta [error, does not exist in Panama], geographic record)
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, geographic range)
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 Plebeia (Plebeia) aff. flavocincta, list [Plebeia flavocincta does not occur in Colombia])
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023