Trigonisca townsendi (Cockerell, 1911)
Trigona townsendi
Cockerell, T. D. A (1911). Descriptions and records of bees XXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(8): 283-290 [286] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23250 <F> worker (Type examined by JMFC and Claus Rasmussen, in 27.VII.2005) , paratype AMNH <F> worker.
Type locality: Piura, Peru, october, Townsend, 124.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Peru (Piura, Tumbes)
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] (note)
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)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [10] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona townsendi, geographic record)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [465] (as Trigona townsendi, geographic records)
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [5] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, inquiline [?], take from a nest of T. frontalis [=Plebeia frontalis (Friese)])
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