Nannotrigona punctata (Smith, 1854)
Trigona punctata
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [409] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1090a <F> worker , paralectotype BMNH <F> worker.
Subsequent designation: 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 [214] .
Type locality: Pará, Brazil.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Maranhão [Carutapera], Pará [Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia]), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Suriname
References
Almeida, R.P.S., Arruda, F.V., Silva, D.P., & Coelho, B.W.T. (2019). Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an Ecotonal Cerrado-Amazon Region in Brazil. Sociobiology 66 (3): 457-466 [460] (Distribution record)
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, as Nannotrigona aff. punctata, geographic record)
Carvalho, C. A. L., Marques, O. M. & Sampaio, H. S. V. (1995). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) em Cruz das Almas - Bahia: 1. Espécies coletadas em fruteiras. Insecta 4 (1): 11-17 [13] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, flower record: Citrus sp.)
Castro, M. S. (2002). Bee fauna of some tropical and exotic fruits: potencial pollinators and their conservation pp. 275-288 in Kevan, P. G. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (ed.) Pollinating bees: the conservation link between agriculture and nature. Brasília: Ministry of environment 313 pp. [277, 278, 279, 286, 287] (? uncertain identity, relative abundance, flower records: Persea americana, Psidium guajava, Macadamia integrifolia, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium lappaceum)
Castro, M. S. (2005). Estudo de caso 04: as abelhas em ferrão como importantes polinizadores de culturas agrícolas sociais. Mensagem Doce 80: 11-12 [12] (? uncertain identity, pollination [!]: "araçá", "goiaba", "rubi suprema")
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [9-10] (as Nannotrigona testaceicornis, partim, synonymy)
Contel, E. P. B. (1992). Variabilidade protéica em populações naturais de abelhas da Amazônia. [thesis abstract] pp. 113-114 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [114] (? uncertain identity, proteins, polymorphism)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [582] (as Melipona punctata, list)
Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [65] (as Melipona testaceicornis, geographic record, flower record: Stachytarpheta)
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über blütenbesuch, erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. II. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7 (17): 321-326 [325] (as Melipona testaceicornis, flower record: Moquilea utilis (Rosaceae))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7 (20): 417-422 [419] (as Melipona testaceicornis, geographic record)
Ducke, A. (1902). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona Ill.) von Pará, nach dem Materiale der Sammlung des Museu Goeldi beschrieben. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 17: 285-328 [292, 322, 323] (as Melipona (Trigona) testaceicornis, key, diagnosis, description: worker, male, flower record: Stachytarpheta, geographic records)
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [37, 109] (as Melipona testaceicornis, partim, key, synonymy, diagnosis)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [343, 353, 403] (as Melipona testaceicornis, partim, key, synonymy, diagnosis)
Engel, M. S. & Dingemans-Bakels, F. (1980). Nectar and pollen resources for stingless bees (Meliponinae, Hymenoptera) in Surinam (South America). Apidologie 11 (4): 341-350 [346] (as Nannotrigona testaceicornis punctata, flower record: Borreria sp. (Rubiaceae))
Ferreira, L.A.C., Martins, D.C., Rêgo, M.M.C. & Albuquerque, P.M.C. (2019). Richness of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Forest Remnant in a Transition Region of Eastern Amazonia. Psyche (Camb.) 5356104: 1-11 [4] (Distribution)
Franceschinelli, E.V., Bergamini, L.L., Silva-Neto, C.L., Elias, M.A.S., Moreira, G.L., Morais, J.M. & Mesquita-Neto, J.N. (2019). Native bee fauna of tomato crops: a comparison of active sampling and pan trapping methods. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 109: 1-7 [4] (Distribution)
Kerr, W. E. (2002). Extinção de espécies: a grande crise biológica do momento e como afeta os meliponínios pp. 4-9 in Garófalo et al. (ed.) V Encontro sobre abelhas: anais. Ribeirão Preto: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Biologia xxv+355 pp. [6] (? uncertain identity, as Nannotrigona punciata [sic], geographic record, relative abundance, citation)
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 [500] (as Trigona punctata, partim, synonymy, citation, geographic records)
Malagodi-Braga, K. S. (2004). Abelhas-sem-ferrão e polinização. Rev. Tecnologia e Ambiente 10 (2): 59-70 [64] (? uncertain identity, pollination [!]: Psidium guaiava [sic], Eugenia jambosi, E. uniflora, citation)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [122-123] (as Trigona punctata, diagnosis, geographic record, odor - citation)
Martins, C. F. (1994). Comunidade de abelhas (Hym., Apoidea) da caatinga e do cerrado com elementos de campo rupestre do estado da Bahia, Brasil. Rev. Nordestina Biol. 9 (2): 225-257 [235] (? uncertain identity, a Nannotrigona testaceicornis punctata, geographic record, relative abundance)
Meade-Waldo, G. (1913). Four new Species of Apidae (Hymenoptera), with Notes on other Species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 (8): 491-497 [497] (as Melipona punctata, synonymy, taxonomic notes)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [37, 69] (folk name: "iraí" [Barra do Corda, Maranhão ?])
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 [214] (Taxonomy, as Nannotrigona punctata)
Rebêlo, J. M. M., Rêgo, M. M. C. & Albuquerque, P. M. C. (2003). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) da região setentrional do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil pp. 265-278 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [269, 272] (? uncertain identity, geographic record, habitat, relative abundance, citation)
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. [503] (? uncertain identity, as Nannotrigona impunctata [sic], figure: hind tibia)
Schulz, W. A. (1904). Hymenopteren Amazoniens. Sitzungsber. König. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Mathem.-physik. Kl 33 (1903): 757-832 [829, 830] (as Trigona testaceicornis, partim: Belém, Macapá [citation of Ducke, 1902: 322], geographic records, 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 [240] (as Trigona punctata, taxonomic note, synonymy, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [483-485] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis punctata, synonymy, geographic record, taxonomy, figures: plate 52. figures A, D, G: scutellum, antenna, head)
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] (list, geographic range)
Soria, S. J. (1975). O papel das abelhas sem ferrão (Meliponinae) na polinização do cacaueiro na América Tropical (Monografia). Theobroma 5 (1): 12-20 [13] (? uncertain identity, as Nannotrigona testaceicornis punctata, geographic record, flower record: Theobroma cacao, cocoa tree)
Viana, B. F., Kleinert, A. M. P. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (1997). Abundance and flower visits of bees in a cerrado of Bahia, tropical Brazil. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna & Environm. 32: 212-219 [213, 214, 215, 217] (? uncertain identity, as Nannotrigona testaceicornis punctata and Nannotrigona testaceicornis, geographic record, relative abundance, flower records: Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae), Mimosa pudica (Leguminosae))
Zama, U., Lino-Neto, J. & Dolder, H. (2004). Structure and ultrastructure of spermatozoa in Meliponini (stingless bees) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Tissue & Cell 36: 29-41 [30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38] (? uncertain identity, ultrastructure, spermatozoa, figures)
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