Trigonisca buyssoni (Friese, 1902)
Trigona buyssoni
Friese, H. (1902). Neue Meliponiden (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 382-383 [383] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (10) (Schwarz, 1934:22 examined a type of this species (in AMNH?)) , syntype ZMB <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Vilcanota and Callanga, Peru, Standinger [sic = Staudinger, seller, and the collector was Garlepp, according to Dr. Gerardo Lamas]; Peru.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Cauca), Ecuador, Peru (Cuzco, Madre de Dios)
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)
Ayala, R. (1988). Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77: 395-493 [406, 447] (? uncertain identity [error, does not exist in Mexico], list, key)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5, 107, 109, 110, 114] (type examined [museum?], comparative notes)
Blomquist, G. J., Roubik, D. W. & Buchmann, S. L. (1985). Wax chemistry of two stingless bees of the Trigonisca group (Apididae [sic]: Meliponinae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. Comp. Biochem. 82 (1): 137-142 [137-142] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trignonisca) buyssoni, biochemistry, wax composition)
Bullock, S. H., Martínez del Rio, C. & Ayala, R. (1989). Bee visitation rates to trees of Prockia crucis differing in flower number. Oecologia (Berl.) 78: 389-393 [392] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni [error, does not exist in Mexico], geographic record, size, pollen foraging behavior, pollen foraging: Prockia crucis (Flacourtiaceae), relative abundance)
Cheesman, L. E. (1929). Hymenoptera collected on the “St. George” Expedition in Central America and the W. Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 141-154 [150] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni, geographic record [? Gorgona Island])
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 [85] (as Melipona buyssoni, taxonomic note, geographic range, taxonomic characters, 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 [359] (as Melipona buyssoni, taxonomic note, geographic range, taxonomic characters, diagnosis)
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [685, 690] (? uncertain identity [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], nest, list, taxonomic note)
Heithaus, E. R. (1979). Flower visitation records and resource overlap of bees and wasps in northwest Costa Rica. Brenesia 16: 9-52 [41] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], flower records: Roupala montana (Proteaceae), Oxalis neaei (Oxalidaceae), Securidaca sylvestris (Polygalaceae))
Hubbell, S. P. & Johnson, L. K. (1977). Competition and nest spacing in a tropical stingless bee community. Ecology 58: 949-963 [950] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni, [error, Trigonisca buyssoni does not occur in Costa Rica], geographic record)
Hubbell, S. P. & Johnson, L. K. (1978). Comparative foraging behavior of six stingless bee species exploiting a standardized resource. Ecology 59 (6): 1123-1136 [1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1131, 1133, 1134] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni, [error, Trigonisca buyssoni does not occur in Costa Rica], geographic record, foraging behavior, sucrose solution baits)
Koedam, D., Jungnickel, H., Tentschert, J., Jones, G. R. & Morgan, E. D. (2002). Production of wax by virgin queens of the stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Apidae, Meliponinae). Insectes Soc. 49: 229-233 [231, 232] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni, biochemistry, wax composition, comparative notes, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [172] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni [error, does not exist in Panama], synonymy, geographic records)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [96, 100, 105, 130, 132, 137] (? uncertain identity, list, figures: sting, labial palpi, thorax, male genitalia, wings)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [780, 786] (? uncertain identity, figures: wings, male genitalia)
Michener, C. D. & Brooks, R. W. (1984). Comparative study of the glossae of bees (Apoidea). Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst. 22 (1): 1-73 [63] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni, morphology, glossa)
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. [256, 257] (? uncertain identity, morphology, labial palpi, figure)
Michener, C. D., Winston, M. L. & Jander, R. (1978). Pollen manipulation and related activities and structures in bees of the family Apidae. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 51 (19): 575-601 [577, 582, 583] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buysoni [sic] and Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni [error, does not occur in Valle, Colombia], geographic record, pollen foraging: Hedychium coronarium, behavior, pollen packing)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Contribuição para o conhecimento das espécies brasileiras de Hypotrigona Cockerell (Hymen., Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (4): 241-260 [243] (as Hypotrigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni, note)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [241] (? uncertain identity, geographic range, altitudinal range)
Pereboom, J. J. M. & Biesmeijer, J. C. (2003). Thermal constraints for stingless bee foragers: the importance of body size and coloration. Oecologia (Berl.) 137: 42-50 [43, 44, 46] (? uncertain identity, as Trigonisca buysonii [sic], [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], body size, body coloration, thermal characteristics, phylogeny, citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1981). Comparative foraging behavior of Apis mellifera and Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Baltimora recta (Compositae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 29(2): 177-183 [178] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], geographic record, flower record: Baltimora recta (Compositae))
Roubik, D. W. (1982). The ecological impact of nectar-robbing bees and pollinating hummingbirds on a tropical shrub. Ecology 63 (2): 354-360 [356] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni, [error, does not exist in Panama], nectar foraging behavior, robbing, flower record: Pavonia dasypetala (Malvaceae))
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, 335, 339, 346, 350] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni [error, does not exist in Panama], nesting site: tree cavity, geographic record, nest characteristics, nest population, honey, 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, 509, 513, 517, 518, 523] (? uncertain identity [error, does not exist in Panama], key, taxonomic note, synonymy, geographic range, diagnosis, nesting site: in liana, adventitious root, tree - citation, nest entrance, behavior, figures: hind tibia, head; ? uncertain identity, as Trigonisca aff. buyssoni, key, diagnosis, nesting site: in tree)
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] (? uncertain identity [error, does not exist in Panama], habitat)
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, 171] (? uncertain identity, as Trigonisca aff. buyssoni, geographic record, light-traps, male relative abundance)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [22] (as Trigona buyssoni, partim: note on type, citation of Friese, 1902; ? uncertain identity, as Trigona buyssoni, partim: specimens from Panama [error, does not exist in Panama])
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [363, 365] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni, [error, does not exist in Mexico - see Trigonisca azteca Ayala, Trigonisca maya Ayala, Trigonisca mixteca Ayala, Trigonisca pipioli Ayala])
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 record [?])
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, list)
Wille, A. (1961). Evolutionary trends in the ventral nerve cord of stingless bees (Meliponini). Revista de Biologia Tropical 9 (1): 117-129 [117, 121] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni, morphology, ventral nerve cord, ganglia fusion)
Wille, A. (1965). A new species of stingless bee (Meliponini) from Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 13 (1): 139-141 [139, 141] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni, [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], list, comparative note)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [53] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni, [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], 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 [11, 20, 33, 44, 55, 66, 99, 120-123, 124, 136, 265, 267] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], nesting site: slender tubular tree cavity, cerambycid burrow, geographic records, habitat, nest characteristics, nest population, figures: nest entrance, nest)
Wille, A., Orozco, E. & Raabe, C. (1983). Polinización del chayote Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz en Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 145-154 [147] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Trigonisca) buyssoni [error, does not exist in Costa Rica], geographic records, pollination: Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae))
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