Frieseomelitta silvestrii (Friese, 1902)
Common Name: "yateí-pretello"
Trigona silvestrii
Friese, H. (1902). Neue Meliponiden (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 2: 382-383 [382] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <F> worker (Specimens from the type series are deposited in Portici, Italy - IEA and RPSP, see Camargo & Moure, 1988: 302).
Subsequent designation: Oliveira, F. F. (2003). Notas sobre os tipos de algumas espécies do gênero Frieseomelitta Ihering (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) descritas por Friese pp. 59-65 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. [64] .
Type locality: Coxipó, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1900, Silvestri leg..
Etymology: .
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso [Cuiabá, Nova Ubiratã], Rondônia)
References
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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 [293, 294, 302, 303, 303, 304, 305] (synonymy, description: worker, male, figures: worker, male, geographic record)
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2003). Sobre as relações filogenéticas de Trichotrigona Camargo & Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) pp. 109-122 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. [110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121] (? uncertain identity [new species], geographic record, taxonomic characters, male, nest, phylogeny, figures: male genitalia)
Costa, R. A. C. (2002). Glândulas hipofaríngeas pp. 91-109 in Cruz-Landim, C. & F. C. Abdalla (ed.) Glândulas exócrinas das abelhas. Ribeirão Preto: FUNPEC xi+181 pp. [94] (? uncertain identity, hypopharyngeal gland, citation)
Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge xxii+682 pp. [289] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Tetragona) silvestrii, list, beekeeping)
Cruz-Landim, C. (2000). Ovarian development in Meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): the effect of queen presence and food on worker ovary development and egg production. Gen. Mol. Biol. 23 (1): 83-88 [83, 86, 87] (? uncertain identity, as Frieseomelitta silvestri [sic], worker ovarian development, citation, figure: ovary)
Cruz-Landim, C. & Mota, M. H. V. B. (1990). Occurrence of tegumentary glands in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) pp. 587-588 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [587] (? uncertain identity, tegumentary glands)
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Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (1977). Studies on Paratrigona subnuda (Moure) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) - II. Behaviour of the virgin queen. Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo 2: 169-182 [171] (? uncertain identity, queen imprisonment chamber)
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