Frieseomelitta paupera (Provancher, 1888)
Common Name: "guanotica"
Melipona paupera
Provancher, L. (1888). Additions et corrections au volume II de la faune entomologique du Canada traitant des Hyménoptères. Nat. Can. (Que.) 17: 273-440 [427] .
Type data: holotype PMQ 1663 <F> worker (A type specimen, number 1663, was examined by Schwarz, 1939: 107, but no other information is given. Probably deposited in PMQ. Roubik, 1992: 510 mentioned one "paratype" number 2325 in USNM, from Sangre Grande, Trinidad.) , paratype USNM 2325 <F> worker.
Type locality: Trinidad.
Trigona parastigma
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Descriptions and records of bees- LXXIX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 1: 158-167 [165] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 23251 <F> worker (Roubik, 1992: 510 mentioned one "paratype" in USNM) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Las Sabanas, Panama, 14.XI.1911 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920: 500 mentioned Quirigua, Guatemala, as the type locality).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Schwarz, H. F. (1939). The Indo-Malayan species of Trigona. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 76 (3): 83-141 [107 [footnote]]
Remarks
It is possible that Trigona parastigma Cockerell is a distinct species from Frieseomelitta paupera (Provancher)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Magdalena, Sucre), Costa Rica (Guanacaste), Guatemala (Izabal), Panama (Coclé, Colón, Panamá, Veraguas), Panama Canal Zone, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Aragua, Falcón, Monagas, Portuguesa)
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