APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Nannotrigona
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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