Nannotrigona melanocera (Schwarz, 1938)
Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis melanocera
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [485] .
Type data: holotype USNM 53067 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers , paratype AMNH <F> workers , paratype CUIC 2809 <F> workers (2) , paratype BMNH <F> workers (3).
Type locality: Santa Elena, VIII.1921-1922, Bolivia, W. M. Mann leg., Mulford Biological Expedition.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia), Colombia (Meta), Peru (Junín, San Martín)
References
Baumgartner, D. L. & Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology of Necrophilous and Filth-Gathering Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) of Peru. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62 (1): 11-22 [14] (non-floral baits, altitudinal range, asynanthropy)
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] (geographic record, taxonomic characters, taxonomic note)
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] (list, nest)
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 glands)
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, 355] (Key, descriptive note, distribution record)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [171] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) mellaria melanocera, taxonomic note)
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] (epidermal glands)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [71] (list)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (? uncertain identity, geographic range, altitudinal range)
Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2003). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (Supl. 1): 1-117 [94] (figure: hind leg)
Rasmussen, C. (2003). Brodloese honningbier i Peru. Naturens Verden 86 (9): 14-25 [14, 20, 23] (figures: nest, nest characteristics, nest entrance, pillage, artificial hive)
Rasmussen, C. & Castillo, P. S. (2003). Estudio preliminar de la Meliponicultura o apicultura silvestre en el Perú (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Revista Peruana de Entomologia 43: 159-164 [162] (geographic record, nest aggregation)
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 [203] (Taxonomy, as Nannotrigona melanocera)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [485-486] (as Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis melanocera, partim [except specimens from Venezuela], description, traxonomic notes, geographic records)
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)
Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (? uncertain identity, list)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023