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Trigonisca fraissei (Friese, 1901)
Trigona fraissei Friese, H. (1901). Neue arten der Bienengattung Trigona Jur. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 265-271 [268] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> workers (4?) (Camargo, 1988: 368 examined one specimen probably from type series with the following label: "I. Marajó, Rio Anajás, 2.6.1900, Ducke", deposited in the IEA; Moure, 1950: 254, refers to 2 specimens (Ilha de Marajó [Pará], Brazil, VII.1900, Ducke leg) in MZUSP (95.426, 95.427), as cotypes, although the date is different from that mentioned by Friese.).
Type locality: Rio Anajás, Marajó, Pará, Brazil, 2.VI.1900, Ducke leg.
Etymology: homage to Prof. P. Fraisse.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Santo Antônio Do Içá], Mato Grosso [Juína], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Oriximiná, Soure], Rondônia)

References

Albuquerque, P. M. C. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2007). Espécies novas de Trigonisca Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 51 (2): 160-175 [160] (list)
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 [368] (list, geographic record [probably from type series])
Cockerell, T. D. A (1911). Descriptions and records of bees XXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(8): 283-290 [286] (as Trigona fraissei, comparative notes)
Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [66] (as Melipona fraissei, geographic record, flower record: Bixa orellana)
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über blütenbesuch, erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. II. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7 (17): 321-326 [323] (as Melipona fraissei, flower record: Miconia minutiflora (Melastomataceae))
Ducke, A. (1902). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona Ill.) von Pará, nach dem Materiale der Sammlung des Museu Goeldi beschrieben. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 17: 285-328 [293, 327] (as Melipona (Trigona) fraissei, key, diagnosis, geographic records, flower records: Bixa orellana)
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 [14, 32, 86-87] (as Melipona fraissei, geographic records, key, diagnosis)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [342, 347, 359-360] (as Melipona fraissei, geographic range, geographic records, key, diagnosis)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [97] (as Trigona fraissei, diagnosis, flower record: Bixa Orellana [sic], geographic record)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Contribuição para o conhecimento das espécies brasileiras de Hypotrigona Cockerell (Hymen., Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (4): 241-260 [252, 254] (as Hypotrigona (Trigonisca) fraissei, key, notes on types, geographic record, comparative notes)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [343] (Note on type material (as Trigona fraissei))
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 [244] (as Trigona fraissei, royal cells, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [505, 507] (as Trigona fraissei, comparative notes, taxonomic characters)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [92] (list, geographic range)

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