Oxytrigona mediorufa (Cockerell, 1913)
Common Name: "pringador"
Trigona flaveola mediorufa
Cockerell, T. D. A (1913). Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20 (1): 10-14 [12] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype BMNH <F> worker , paratype MCZ 8982 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Escuintla, Guatemala, 30. XII.1911, W. M. Wheeler leg., 30.
Trigona (Oxytrigona) salvatoris
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [124] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 23172 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker.
Type locality: San Salvador, El Salvador, 15.VIII, F. Knab leg..
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [476]
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas); Neotropical Region: El Salvador (San Salvador), Guatemala (Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa, Suchitepéquez), Mexico
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5, 7, 14, 51-52, 116] (as Oxytrigona mediorufa, type examined, list, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic records, geographic range, habitat, defense behavior, mandibular gland secretion, association: Membracidae - citation)
Baumgartner, D. L. & Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology of Necrophilous and Filth-Gathering Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) of Peru. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62 (1): 11-22 [14] (? uncertain identity [error, does not exist in Peru], non-floral baits, altitudinal range, asynanthropy)
Cabrera Becerra, G. & Nates-Parra, G. (1999). Uso de las abejas por comunidades indígenas: los Nukak y las abejas sin aguijón pp. 59-70 in Nates-Parra, G. (ed.) Programa, Resúmenes y Memorias III Reunión de la IUSSI Bolivariana. Santafé de Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 122 pp. [64] (? uncertain identity, as Oxytrigona tataira mediorufa, partim: Costa Rica)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1984). Notas sobre o gênero Oxytrigona (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 1 (1): 115-124 [121] (as Oxytrigona tataira mediorufa, taxonomic note)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [124, 125] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira mediorufa, genus types species, comparative notes; as Trigona (Oxytrigona) salvatoris, description)
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 [50,51-53, 56,58,60, 62,64,66, 69] (synonymy, diagnosis, worker redescription [type specimen?], male description, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, flower records: Crotalaria acapulcensis, Physalis gracilis, phylogeny, taxonomic characters, key, holotype, figures: worker, male)
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 [205, 207, 208, 216, 220] (as Trigona salvatoris, taxonomic characters, mouthparts, tibia, figure: mandible)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [495, 497, 501] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) flaveola mediorufa and Trigona (Oxytrigona) salvatoris, genus type species, geographic records, citation)
Maidl, F. (1934). Die Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Staatenbildenden Insekten. Vienna: Wagner ix + 823 pp. [316] (as Trigona flaveola mediorufa [*from Schwarz, 1948: 476])
Michener, C. D. (1990). Classification of the Apidae (Hymenoptera). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (4): 75-164 [118] (as Trigona flaveola mediorufa, genus type species)
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The Uni 1: 1-81 [43] (as Trigona flaveola mediorufa, genus type species)
Michener, C. D. (2000). The bees of the World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 913 pp. [795] (as Trigona flaveola mediorufa, genus type species)
Moure, J. S. (1946). Contribuição para o conhecimento dos Meliponinae (Hym.,Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. 17 (3): 437-443 [440] (note)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira mediorufa, [probable new species], geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [239, 245] (? uncertain identity [error, probable new species], geographic records, altitudinal record, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). The genus Melipona the type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (4): 231-460 [248] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) mediorufa, taxonomic note, genus type species)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [72, 80, 104, 116, 457, 461, 470, 473, 474, 476-479, 481,] (485, 487; as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira mediorufa, defense behavior, caustic secretion, odor of ants, exudation collecting: Membracidae nymphs, nest, citation, hamuli, comparative notes, genus type species, key, synonymy, diagnosis, redescription, notes on type, taxonomic notes, geographic records, altitudinal record, geographic range)
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [363, 368] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira mediorufa, key, geographic record)
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [16] (as Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira mediorufa, comparative note)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Oxytrigona tataira mediorufa, 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 [183] (? uncertain identity, as Oxytrigona tataira mediorufa [error, probable new species], geographic record, nesting site: tree cavity, nest entrance, altitudinal record)
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, 156] (? uncertain identity, as Oxytrigona tataira mediorufa [error, probable new species], geographic record, nesting site: tree cavity, nest entrance, altitudinal record)
Vit, P., Medina, M. & Enríquez, M. E. (2004). Quality standards for medicinal uses of Meliponinae honey in Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela. Bee World 85 (1): 2-5 [3] (beekeeping, folk name: "pringador")
Wheeler, W. M. (1913). Notes on the habits of some Central American stingless bees. Psyche 20 (1): 1-9 [8-9] (as Trigona flaveola mediorufa, geographic record, nesting site: tree trunk, nest entrance, defense behavior, caustic secretion, odor of Tapinoma, Azteca, Liometopum)
Wheeler, W. M. (1923). Social life among the insects. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 375 pp. [122] (as Trigona flaveola [*from Schwarz, 1948: 476])
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