Trigona flaveola Friese, 1900:389, xw. 11 xww. - 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); 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.:501 ( listed as synonym of Trigona tataira friesiella Cockerell, 1917). - As Oxytrigona flaveola: - Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Trigona tataira flaveola: - 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).
Trigona tataira friesiella Cockerell, 1917:124, no description Replacement name for Trigona flaveola Friese, 1900 by Cockerell, 1917Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. New social bees. Psyche 24 (4):120-128.:124. - 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).