Frieseomelitta longipes (Smith, 1854)
Trigona longipes
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [411] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B 1073 <F> worker (It is possible that this specimen is part of the series examined and described by Smith in 1963 (see<I> Frieseomelitta varia</I> (Lepeletier))).
Type locality: Pará, Brazil.
Remarks
Frieseomelitta longipes (Smith) may be senior synonym of Frieseomelitta trichocerata Moure - see Oliveira (2002: 198).
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Itacoatiara], Mato Grosso [Nova Ubiratã], Pará [Conceição Do Araguaia]), Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni)
References
Almeida, R.P.S., Arruda, F.V., Silva, D.P., & Coelho, B.W.T. (2019). Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an Ecotonal Cerrado-Amazon Region in Brazil. Sociobiology 66 (3): 457-466 [460] (Distribution record)
Brèthes, J. (1920). Insectes du Pérou. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 89: 27-54 [54] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona longipes, list, geographic record [error, see Camargo & Pedro, 2005: 78])
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910). Descriptions and records of bees - XXXIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6: 356-366 [366] (as Trigona longipes, taxonomic notes, synonymy)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1918). Bees from British Guiana. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 685-690 [687] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona longipes, key, geographic record)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1930). Descriptions and Records of Bees. CXXII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 5: 156-163 [157] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona longipes, geographic records)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1934). Some African meliponine bees. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 26 (1): 46-62 [62] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona longipes, geographic record, figure: mandible)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [580] (as Melipona longipes, list)
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 6 (4): 362-369 [367] (as Trigona varia, synonymy [Trigona longipes Smith as junior synonym])
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [117] (as Trigona longipes, diagnosis)
Melo, G.A.R. & Muniz, D.B. (2021). Abelhas sociais sem ferrão (Apidae, Meliponini) - Stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) pp. 246-261 in Rodrigues, D.J., Barbosa, F.R., Noronha, J.N., Carpanedo, R.S., Tourinho, A.L. & Battirola, L.D. (ed.) Biodiversidade da Estação Ecológica do Rio Ronuro - Biodiversity of the Rio Ronuro Ecological Station. Cuiabá: Fundação Uniselva 408 pp. [251] (Distribution record, as Frieseomelitta longipes)
Oliveira, F. F. (2002). The mesotibial spur in stingless bees: a new character for the systematics of Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 75(3): 194-202 [198] (synonymy, taxonomic note, taxonomic character, mesotibial spur)
Santos, C.F. & Absy, M.L. (2012). Interactions between carpenter bees and orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in flowers of Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. (Lecythidaceae). Acta Amazonica 42 (1): 89-94 [91] (Distribution)
Wille, A. (1962). A new species of stingless bee (Meliponini) from Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 10(2): 177-181 [179] (as Trigona longipes, list)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023