Nannotrigona melanocera (Schwarz, 1938) - 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); Nates-Parra et al., 2006Nates-Parra, G., Á. Rodríguez-C. & E.D. Vélez 2006. Abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) en cementerios de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 11 (1):25-35. (distribution); Nates-Parra & Rosso-Londoño, 2013Nates-Parra, G. & J.M. Rosso-Londoño 2013. Diversidad de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) utilizadas en meliponicultura en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 18 (3):415-426. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution).
Trigona testaceicornis melanocera Schwarz, 1938:485, xw. Holotype xw, Santa Elena (U. S. National Museum, leg. W.M. Mann). - 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).