Nannotrigona minuta (Lepeletier, 1836)
Melipona minuta
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [427] .
Type data: holotype MZUT <F> worker (according to Moure's personal notes, 05.V.1958).
Type locality: unknown.
Remarks
The identity of Nannotrigona minuta is doubtful; the type locality is unknown. The description is applicable, in part, to Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836). Moure has been interpreting the species based on specimens from Pará.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil
References
Absy, M. L., Camargo, J. M. F., Kerr, W. E. & Miranda, I. P. A. (1984). Espécies de plantas visitadas por Meliponinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), para coleta de pólen na região do médio Amazonas. Rev. Bras. Biol. 44 (2): 227-237 [228, 321-235] (? uncertain identity, as Nannotrigona (Nannotrigona) minuta, geographic record, pollen records: Alchornea discolor, Croton lanjouwensis (Euphorbiaceae), Salix sp. (Salicaceae), Stryphnodendron guianense (Mimosoideae), Vitex type (Verbenaceae), Palmae, Sapindaceae)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [356] (? uncertain identity, geographic record)
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] (? uncertain identity, list, nest)
Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge xxii+682 pp. [301] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona minuta [error, from Asia], beekeeping, wax)
Cruz-Landim, C. & Mota, M. H. V. B. (1990). Occurrence of tegumentary glands in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) pp. 587-588 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [587] (tegumentary gland)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [581] (as Melipona minuta, list)
Mota, M. H. V. B. (1992). Estudo comparativo das glândulas epidérmicas do abdômen dos meliponíneos (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). [thesis abstract] pp. 320-322 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [320, 321] (? uncertain identity, epidermal glands)
Ramalho, M., Kleinert-Giovannini, A. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (1990). Important bee plants for stingless bees (Melipona and Trigonini) and Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) in neotropical habitats: a review. Apidologie 21: 469-488 [471, 473] (? uncertain identity, habitat, pollen, citation)
Rasmussen, C. & Gonzalez, V. H. (2017). The neotropical stingless bee genus Nannotrigona Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): An illustrated key, notes on the types, and designation of lectotypes. Zootaxa 4299 (2): 191-220 [216] (Taxonomy, as Nannotrigona minuta)
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] (? uncertain identity, list)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [412] (as Trigona minuta, list)
Spinola, M. (1853). Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino (2) 13: 19-94 [94] (comparative note, taxonomic character [Spinola probably examined the specimen of Lepeletier])
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