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Tetragona dorsalis (Smith, 1854)

Trigona dorsalis Smith, 1854:411, xw. xw, Brazil (Para) (B.M.); Ayala, 1999Ayala, R. 1999. Revisión de las abejas sin aguin de México (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106:1-123.:97, Type (BMNH). - Buysson & Marshall, 1892du Buysson, R. & T.A. Marshall 1892. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France 61:53-76, pls. 3-4. (distribution); Cockerell, 1915Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. The real Trigona dorsalis Smith rediscovered (Hym.). Entomological News 26 (1):30-32. (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); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Ayala, 1999Ayala, R. 1999. Revisión de las abejas sin aguin de México (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106:1-123. (distribution); Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Melipona dorsalis: - As Tetragona dorsalis: - Jarau & Barth, 2008Jarau, S. F.G. Barth 2008. Stingless bees of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini). Stapfia 88:267-276. (distribution); 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); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Trigona clavipes dorsalis: - Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The social bees (Meliponinae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 731:1-23. (distribution); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution).
Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900:391, xw.Panama und Venezuela (Mus. Hung.); 1 xw, Amazonas (Mus. Wien); 4 xww, Brasilia: Amazonas und Para. - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill., und Trigona Jur. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:382-394. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (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); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The social bees (Meliponinae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 731:1-23.:14 ( listed as synonym of Trigona clavipes dorsalis Smith, 1854). - As Tetragona ziegleri: - Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Tetragona dorsalis (Smith, 1854)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1854; Friese, 1900 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Ayala, 1999; Jarau & Barth, 2008; Nogueira, 2023)
COLColombia
 (Cockerell, 1915; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Nates-Parra, 2001; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2012 [as Tetragona ziegleri (Friese, 1900)])
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Jarau & Barth, 2008)
GTMGuatemala
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Pauly et al., 2013)
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949)
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1916 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Ayala, 1999)
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Ayala, 1999)
NICNicaragua
 (Jarau & Barth, 2008)
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1900 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Schwarz, 1934; Michener, 1954)
VENVenezuela
 (Buysson & Marshall, 1892; Friese, 1900 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona ziegleri Friese, 1900])

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1999. Revisión de las abejas sin aguin de México (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106:1-123.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. The real Trigona dorsalis Smith rediscovered (Hym.). Entomological News 26 (1):30-32.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • du Buysson, R. & T.A. Marshall 1892. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France 61:53-76, pls. 3-4.
  • Friese, H. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill., und Trigona Jur. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:382-394.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Jarau, S. F.G. Barth 2008. Stingless bees of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini). Stapfia 88:267-276.
  • Lutz, 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.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13.
  • Pauly, 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.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The social bees (Meliponinae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 731:1-23.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.