Oxytrigona tataira (Smith, 1863)
Common Names: "cagafogo", "caga-fogo", "barra-fogo", "botafogo", "eitátá", "ei-tata", "eirá-tatá", "atura", "kangàrà-krá-kamrek", "tataira"
Trigona tataira
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [508, 499] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1096 <F> worker , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers, <M> males (?) (9).
Subsequent designation: Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [473] (by inference: Schwarz, 1948: 473, mentioned that "the specimen designated as the type in the British Museum (Natural History) is, however, a worker", and bears in addition to the type ticket, a label that reads: "Smith coll. Pres. by Mrs. Farren White 99-303") .
Type locality: Brazil.
Trigona cagafogo
Müller, H. (1874). Larvae of Membracis serving as milk-cattle to a Brazilian species of bee. Nature (Lond.) 10: 31-32 [31] (junior subjective synonym) .
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 6 (4): 362-369 [367]
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [471]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Cruz Das Almas], Ceará [Baturité, Mulungu], Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul [Bonito, Corumbá], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Caldas, Pirapora], Paraná [Paranaguá], Rio de Janeiro [Nova Iguaçu], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Bauru, Cajuru, Presidente Epitácio, Presidente Venceslau, Ribeirão Preto, São Sebastião]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná)
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