Nannotrigona tristella Cockerell, 1922
Nannotrigona testaceicornis tristella
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [10] .
Type data: holotype USNM 24878 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers (3).
Type locality: Lagunita de Aroa, Venezuela, 2, 000 feet, M. A. Carriker leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Venezuela (Falcón, Yaracuy, Zulia)
References
Jaramillo, J., Ospina, R. & Gonzalez, V.H. (2019). Stingless bees of the genus Nannotrigona Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Colombia. Zootaxa 4706 (2): 349-365 [351, 363] (key, Descriptive note, distribution)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [171] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) mellaria tristella, taxonomic note)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1954). Notas bionômicas sôbre Meliponíneos III- Sôbre a enxameagem (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 42: 419-452 [427] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis tristela [sic], flight behavior, workers aglomeration, 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 [208] (Taxonomy, as Nannotrigona tristella)
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. [517] (note on type, comparative note, taxonomic note, citation)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [431, 444] (as Trigona testaceicornis tristella, geographic records, nesting site: ceiling of house, nest entrance, flight behavior, workers aglomeration, flower record: Antigonon leptopus, Ipomaea [sic], altitudinal record, defense behavior)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [483, 486, 487] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis tristella, taxonomic notes, comparative notes, taxonomic characters)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [56] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis tristella, behavior, flight, citation)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023