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Trigonisca duckei (Friese, 1900)
Common Name: "lambi-olhos"
Trigona duckei Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [386] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F> worker (according to Moure's personal notes there are two specimens, from Brazil - Pará 7.IV.1900 Ducke, labeled as "Typus" in USNM.).
Type locality: Belém, Pará, Brazil, A. Ducke leg..
Etymology: homage to Adolf Ducke.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amazonas [Barcelos, Itacoatiara, Japurá, Novo Airão, Tabatinga], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Piquet Carneiro], Maranhão [Alcântara, Carolina, Codó, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Campo Verde, Cuiabá, Cáceres, Juína], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Chaves, Itaituba, Monte Alegre, Oriximiná, Óbidos], Roraima [Mucajaí]), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni), Peru (Loreto, Pasco), Suriname (Saramacca)

References

Albuquerque, P. M. C. (1992). Revisão do gênero Trigonisca Moure, 1950 (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). [dissertation abstract] pp. 16-17 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [17] (taxonomic note, synonymy)
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)
Baumgartner, D. L. & Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology of Necrophilous and Filth-Gathering Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) of Peru. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62 (1): 11-22 [13] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, geographic record)
Bertoni, A. W. (1911). Contribución á la biologia de las avispas y abejas del Paraguay (Hymenoptera). An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 97-146 [145] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona duckei, geographic record)
Camargo, J. M. F. & J. S. Moure (1988). Notas sobre os Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colecionados por Filippo Silvestri na bacia do Rio da Prata. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (2): 293-314 [294, 309, 310] (as Trigonisca pediculana, synonymy, geographic record, taxonomic note)
Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [50, 65] (as Melipona duckei, flower record: Indigofera spec. (Papilionaceae))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über blütenbesuch, erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. II. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7 (17): 321-326 [323, 325] (as Melipona duckei, flower record: Miconia minutiflora (Melastomataceae), Moquilea utilis (Rosceae))
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, 327-328] (as Melipona (Trigona) duckei, key, diagnosis, geographic record, flower record: Indigofera, Moquilea utilis)
Ducke, A. (1907). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune Hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Revue d' Entomologie 26: 73-96 [90] (as Trigona duckei, geographic records, size, behavior)
Ducke, A. (1910). Explorações botânicas e entomológicas no Estado do Ceará. Rev. Trim. Inst. Ceará 24: 3-61 [53] (as Trigona duckei, geographic records, size, behavior, geographic range)
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, 83-85, 86] (as Melipona duckei, folk name: "lambe-olhos", behavior, nesting site: tree, trunk, honey, key, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, figure: plate 2 - figure 1, 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 [340, 342, 347, 357-359] (as Melipona duckei, folk name: "lambe-olhos", behavior, nesting site: tree, trunk, honey, key, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, figure: hind leg)
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [393] (as Trigona duckei, comparative note)
Friese, H. (1901). Neue arten der Bienengattung Trigona Jur. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 265-271 [268] (as Trigona duckei, comparative notes)
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [244] (as Trigona duckei, pot size)
Ihering, H. (1930). Biologia das abelhas melliferas do Brasil. Boletim de Agricultura 31 (5-6): 435-506, 649-714 [657, 712] (as Trigona duckei, pot size, folk name: "lambe-olhos")
Ihering, R. (2002). Dicionário dos animais do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: DIFEL 1-588 + 12 plates pp. [301-302, 336] (as Trigona duckei, folk name: "lambe-olhos", "mirim", geographic range, size, nesting site: tree trunk)
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [239, 243] (as Trigona duckei, cells arrangement, biogeography)
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 [295] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, predator: Cephloeus lineatus, woodpecker, citation)
Lenko, K. & Papavero, N. (1996). Insetos no folclore. São Paulo: Plêiade, FAPESP 2nd Edn 1-468 pp. [271] (as Hypotrigona (Trigonisca) duckei, folk name: "lambe-olhos", size, behavior, 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 [214] (as Trigona duckei, taxonomic characters, tibia)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [94] (as Trigona duckei, diagnosis, flower record: Indigofera, Moquilea utilis)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [131, 132] (genus type species, list)
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The Uni 1: 1-81 [59] (genus type species)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [804] (genus type species)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [71] (as Hypotrigona duckei, list)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Contribuição para o conhecimento das espécies brasileiras de Hypotrigona Cockerell (Hymen., Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (4): 241-260 [258, 259, 260] (as Hypotrigona (Trigonisca) duckei, geographic range, comparative notes, taxonomic notes, morphometrics [notes on specimens problably from the same series as the holotype])
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio de Janeiro) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [159] (as Hypotrigona duckei, comparative notes)
Moure, J. S., P. Nogueira-Neto & W. E. Kerr (1958). Evolutionary problems among Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proc. Tenth. Intern. Congr. Ent. 2: 481-493 [483] (as Hypotrigona duckei, pot size)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [39] (folk name: "lambe-olhos")
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. [269] (geographic record, citation)
Sakagami, S. F. (1982). Stingless bees pp. 361-421 in Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social Insects Vol. 3. New York: Academic Press [364, 365] (figure, list)
Sakagami, S. F. & Zucchi, R. (1974). Oviposition behavior of two dwarf stingless bees, Hypotrigona (Leurotrigona) muelleri and H. (Trigonisca) duckei, with notes on the temporal articulation of oviposition process in stingless bees. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univer 19 (2): 361-421 [362, 396-411, 413, 414, 416, 417, 419] (? uncertain identity, as Hypotrigona (Trigonisca) duckei, behavior, cell construction, provisioning, oviposition, queen / worker interactions, food discharge, operculation, geographic range, geographic record, morphometrics)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [431, 445] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona sp. near duckei, folk name: "sweat bees", geographic record, altitudinal record)
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, 246] (as Trigona duckei, royal cell, cells arrangement, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [22] (as Trigona duckei, comparative notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [448, 498-504] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, synonymy, geographic record, geographic range, folk name: "lambi-olhos", nesting site: tree trunk, cells arrangement, nest characteristics, behavior, honey, queen, citation, predator: Ceophloeus lineatus, woodpecker, taxonomy, description: queen, figures: plate 61 - figures A, A', B, B', C: head, mandible, plate 61 - figures A, B, C: legs)
Schwarz, H. F. (1939). The Indo-Malayan species of Trigona. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76 (3): 83-141 [89] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, wax, cocoon, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1940). Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. Am. Mus. Novit. 1078: 1-12 [10] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, taxonomic characters, queen)
Schwarz, H. F. (1944). The stingless bees. A paradox among the producers of honey. Nat. Hist. 53 (9): 414-417, 426 [415] (as Trigona duckei, size, figure)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [4, 5, 23, 27, 71, 104, 112] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) duckei, royal cell, size, cells arrangement, pot size, folk name: "sweat bees", citation, hamuli)
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)
Silvestri, F. (1902). Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Meliponidi del Bacino del Rio de la Plata. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 10: 121-174 [162-163] (as Trigona duckei, folk name: "lambi-olhos", geographic record, description, behavior, nesting site: tree trunk, honey medicinal properties, figure: plate 2 - figure 29: hind tibia)
Wille, A. (1961). Las abejas jicotes de Costa Rica. Revista de la Universidad de Costa Rica 22: 1-30 [7] (as Trigona duckei, size)
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 [11, 20, 44, 55, 66] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) duckei, [error, does not occur in Costa Rica], nesting site: slender tubular tree cavity, nest characteristics)

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