Trigona ghilliani Spinola, 1853:92, xw.Para (leg. M. Ghiliani). - Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution); Smith-Pardo & Engel, 2001Smith-Pardo, A.H. & M.S. Engel 2001. Distribution records for Trigona subgenus Duckeola outside of Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 74 (2):115-117. (distribution). - As Duckeola ghiliani: - Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Duckeola ghilianii: - Pauly et al., 2013Pauly, A., S.R.M. Pedro, C. Rasmussen & D.W. Roubik 2013. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana. In: Vit, P., S.R.M. Pedro & E.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees. 87-97. (distribution). - As Melipona ghillianii: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 579 (comb. nov.). - As Melipona marginata ghillianii: - Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls. (distribution).
Trigona huberi Friese, 1901:268, ♀. ♀♀, Pará (leg. Ducke). - Smith-Pardo & Engel, 2001Smith-Pardo, A.H. & M.S. Engel 2001. Distribution records for Trigona subgenus Duckeola outside of Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 74 (2):115-117.:115 ( listed as synonym of Trigona ghilliani Spinola, 1853).