Oxytrigona daemoniaca Camargo, 1984
Common Names: "candela", "miona", "miel-de-candela", "candelita", "miona"
Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura daemoniaca
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [156] (nom. nud.) .
Oxytrigona tataira daemoniaca
Camargo, J. M. F. (1984). Notas sobre o gênero Oxytrigona (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 1 (1): 115-124 [118] .
Type data: holotype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> workers (4) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (3) , paratype STRI <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colômbia, 14.X.1976, Guiomar leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyaca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Santander, Tolima), Costa Rica, Panama (Colón, Darién, Panamá)
References
Bernal, R. & Ervik, F. (1996). Floral biology and pollination of the dioecious palm Phytelephas seemannii in Colombia: an adaptation to staphylinid beetles. Biotropica 28 (4b): 682-696 [689] (as Oxytrigona daemoniaca and Oxytrigona tataira, geographic record, pollen foraging behavior, flower record: Phytelephas seemannii (Palmae))
Camargo, J. M. F. & Roubik, D. W. (1991). Systematics and bionomics of the apoid obligate necrophages: the Trigona hypogea group (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 44: 13-39 [33] (geographic range)
Gonzalez, V. H. & Roubik, D. W. (2008). Especies nuevas y filogenia de las abejas de fuego, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 24 (1): 43-71 [46-49, 50,51,52, 54,56,57, 58,60,62, 64,65, 66, 67, 68] (as Oxytrigona daemoniaca (Camargo, 1984) [error: Camargo 1984 described this species in the genus Oxytrigona], synonymy, diagnosis, worker redescription [no taxonomic value, not of the type], male description, geographic records, geographic range, nesting site: hollow of tree, nest entrance, defense behavior, folk name: "miel de candela", "candelita", "candela", "miona", citation, flower records: Impatiens balsamina, Elaeis oleifera, Melicocca bijuga, Vernonia brachiata (Compositae), Phytelephas seemannii (Palmae), citation, comparative notes, phylogeny, taxonomic characters, key, figures: worker, male)
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. [684, 690] (nesting site: tree, list, citation)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [156] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura daemoniaca, folk names: "candela", "miona", geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239, 245] (geographic range, altitudinal range, citation)
Nates Parra, G. & González, V. H. (2000). Las abejas silvestres de Colombia: por qué y cómo conservarlas. Acta Biol. Colomb. 5 (1): 5-37 [15] (as Oxytrigona tataira daemoniaca, list, type)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [328, 330, 333, 337, 346-347, 350, 352] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura and Trigona tataira, taxonomic notes, geographic record, nest characteristics, nesting site: tree hollow, nest entrance, nest population, aggressive defense behavior, honey, sugar concentration, nest density)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [416] (figure)
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, 514, 518, 523] (key, figure: hind tibia, geographic range, diagnosis, note on paratype, nesting site: living tree, nest entrance, defense behavior, folk name: "miel de candela", "candelita")
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] (geographic range, nest density)
Roubik, D. W., Smith, B. H. & Carlson, R. G. (1987). Formic acid in caustic cephalic secretions of stingless bee, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 13 (5): 1079-1086 [1079-1086] (biochemistry, defense, mandibular gland secretion, formic acid)
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] (list)
Vergara, C. B., Villa, A. L. & Nates-Parra, G. (1986). Nidificación de meliponinos (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de la región central de Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical 34(2): 181-184 [182, 183] (as Oxytrigona obscura daemoniaca, geographic records, nesting site: tree cavities)
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [150, 154, 156, 158, 161] (as Oxytrigona obscura daemoniaca, geographic records, nesting site: tree cavities, nest characteristics, figure: nest entrance)
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