Apis pallida Latreille, 1804:177, pl. 13, fig. 14 - As Melipona pallida: - Lepeletier, 1836Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547. (distribution); Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Alfken, 1933Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307. (distribution). - As Trigona pallida: - Spinola, 1840Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Cockerell, 1909Cockerell, T.D.A. 1909. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXIII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 4 (23):393-404. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution); Cockerell, 1913Cockerell, T.D.A. 1913. Meliponine bees from Central America. Psyche 20:10-14. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Cockerell, 1920Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Some neotropical Meliponid bees. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42:459-468. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20. (distribution); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508. (distribution); Schwarz, 1948Schwarz, H.F. 1948. Stingless bees (Meliponinae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 90:i-xviii, 1-546. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Nates-Parra, 1983Nates-Parra, G. 1983. Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Revista de Biología Tropical 31 (1):155-158.:157 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pallens pallens Fabricius, 1798).
Trigona mellea Smith, 1863:510 - Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.:462 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pallida (Latreille, 1804)).
Trigona kohli Friese, 1900:387, xw. 15 xww (Mus. Hung.). Synonymized with Trigona pallida (Latreille, 1804) by Cockerell, 1920Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Some neotropical Meliponid bees. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42:459-468.:464. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill., und Trigona Jur. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:382-394. (distribution); Silvestri, 1902Silvestri, F. 1902. Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Meliponidi del bacino del Rio de la Plata. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 10:121-174. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:500 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pallida (Latreille, 1804)); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.:462 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pallida (Latreille, 1804)); Schwarz, 1948Schwarz, H.F. 1948. Stingless bees (Meliponinae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 90:i-xviii, 1-546.:291 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pallida pallida (Latreille, 1804)).