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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). 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. (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. (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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