Oxytrigona obscura (Friese, 1900)
Common Name: "sicaé-negra"
Trigona obscura
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [389] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> workers (4), male (1) (probably in ZMB) , syntype IRSNB many (Friese 1900: 389, mentioned several workers in IRSNB).
Type locality: Cayenne [French Guiana], Peru; unknown.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amapá [Oiapoque], Amazonas [Manaus], Pará [Faro, Oriximiná, Santarém], Rondônia [Porto Velho]), French Guiana (Cayenne, Kourou), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Upper Demerara-Berbice), Peru (Junín), Suriname (Brokopondo)
References
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Camargo, J. M. F. (1970). Ninhos e biologia de algumas espécies de Meliponideos (Hymenoptera: Apidae) da região de Pôrto Velho, Território de Rondônia, Brasil. Revista de Biologia Tropical 16 (2): 207-239 [211, 218, 219] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura, geographic record, nesting site: tree hollow: "itaúba", nest characteristics, nest entrance, behavior)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1984). Notas sobre o gênero Oxytrigona (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 1 (1): 115-124 [115, 117, 118] (taxonomic notes, comparative notes)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1994). Biogeografia de Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae): a fauna amazônica pp. 46-59 in Zucchi, R., Drumond, P. M., Fernandes-da-Silva, P. G. & Augusto, S. C. (ed.) Anais do I Encontro Sobre Abelhas. Ribeirão Preto: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo xx+308 pp. [50] (list, nest)
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Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [342, 370-371] (as Melipona tataira obscura, geographic range, diagnosis, geographic records)
Engel, M. S. & Dingemans-Bakels, F. (1980). Nectar and pollen resources for stingless bees (Meliponinae, Hymenoptera) in Surinam (South America). Apidologie 11 (4): 341-350 [346] (geographic record, flower records: Inga spec. (Mimosaceae), Astrocaryum paramaca, A. sciophyllum (Palmae))
Friese, H. (1931). Wie können Schmarotzerbienen aus Sammelbienen entstehen? II. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 62: 1-14, figures 1-5 [8] (as Trigona tataira obscura [*from Schwarz, 1948: 485])
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 [45, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68] (phylogeny, taxonomic characters, key, figure: worker)
Lenko, K. & Papavero, N. (1996). Insetos no folclore. São Paulo: Plêiade, FAPESP 2nd Edn 1-468 pp. [266] (folk name: "cagafogo", citation)
Lutz, F. E. (1924). Some characters of American Meliponidae pp. 202-232 in Lutz, F. E. Apparently non-selective characters and combinations of characters, including a study of ultraviolet in relation to the flower visiting habits of insects. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 29: 181–283 [214, 217] (as Trigona tataira obscura, taxonomic characters, tibia)
Melo, G.A.R. (2006). Apidae (Subtribos Meliponina e Euglossina) da Região dos Lagos do Amapá pp. 123-130 in Costa-Neto, S.V. (ed.) Inventário Biológico das Áreas do Sucuriju e Região dos Lagos, no Amapá: Relatório Final PROBIO. Macapá: IEPA 218 pp. [126] (Distribution record, as Oxytrigona obscura)
Mercado, N. K. (1968). Contribución al conocimiento de las abejas indígenas (Meloponidae) [sic] de departamento de Santa Cruz. La Paz: Editorial Don Bosco 1-7 pp. [5] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira obscura, geographic record, folk name: "sicaé negra", defense behavior)
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [101] (figure: labial palpi)
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Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [258, 259] (morphology, labial palpi, figure)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [71] (as Oxytrigona tataira obscura, list)
Moure, J. S. (1946). Meliponas do Brasil. Chácaras e Quintais (SP) 74 (15 de novembro): 609-612 [609] (as Oxytrigona tataira obscura, figure: hind leg)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [69, 74] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura and Trigona (Oxytrigona) oscura [sic], defense behavior)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [33, 45] (folk name: "cagafogo", "tataira", geographic range, citation)
Oliveira, M. L. (2001). Stingless bees (Meliponini) and orchid bees (Euglossini) in terra firme tropical forests and forest fragments pp. 208-218 in Bierregaard, Jr., R. O., Gascon, C., Lovejoy, T. E. & Mesquita, R. C. G. (ed.) Lessons from Amazonia. The ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Yale University Press, Smithsonian Institution [210] (list, geographic record, habitat, forest fragments)
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Oliveira, M. L., Morato, E. F. & Garcia, M. V. B. (1995). Diversidade de espécies e densidade de ninhos de abelhas sociais sem ferrão (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) em floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Central. Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (1): 13-24 [16, 18] (list, geographic record, habitat, forest fragments, odor baits: methyl salicylate, vanillin)
Roubik, D. W. (1980). Foraging behavior of competing africanized honeybees and stingless bees. Ecology 61 (4): 836-845 [840, 841, 842] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura, geographic record, aggressive foraging behavior, artificial feeders, experiments, competition)
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Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [117, 471, 478, 481, 482, 483, 485-487] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira obscura, hamuli, key, comparative notes, synonymy, diagnosis, description, notes on type, taxonomic notes, geographic range, geographic records)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [90] (list, geographic range)
Wille, A. & C. D. Michener (1973). The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 21 (Suplemento 1): 1-278 [13, 23, 47, 58, 69] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) obscura, nesting site: tree cavities, nest characteristics, citation)
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