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Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854)

Trigona capitata Smith, 1854:409, xw. xw, Brazil (B.M.); 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.:449, Type (British Museum (Natural History)). - 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); Cockerell, 1923Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Some bees from British Guiana. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 11 (64):442-459. (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. (distribution). - As Cephalotrigona capitata: - 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); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); 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); 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); Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Melipona capitata: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 576 (comb. nov.). - As Trigona capitata capitata: - Schwarz, 1940Schwarz, H.F. 1940. Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. American Museum Novitates 1078:1-12. (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).
Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901:268, ♀. ♀♀, Blumenau (St. Catharina, Brasil) (leg. G. Virgil). - 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, 1948Schwarz, H.F. 1948. Stingless bees (Meliponinae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 90:i-xviii, 1-546.:446 ( listed as synonym of Trigona capitata capitata Smith, 1854).

Common names

  •  Currunchos
  •  Guare negra

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Area distribution map

map of Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Schwarz, 1948; Michener, 1954)
BOLBolivia
 (Schwarz, 1948)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1854; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1901 [as Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901]; Schwarz, 1948; Schwarz, 1948; Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011; Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017; Nogueira, 2023)
COLColombia
 (Nates-Parra, 1983; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916; Friese, 1916 [as Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901]; Cockerell, 1923; Schwarz, 1948)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Pauly et al., 2013)
GUYGuyana
 (Cockerell, 1923; Schwarz, 1940; Schwarz, 1948)
HNDHonduras
 (Schwarz, 1948)
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1916; Friese, 1916 [as Trigona capitata virgilii Friese, 1901]; Schwarz, 1948)
PANPanama
 (Cockerell, 1923)
PERPeru
 (Schwarz, 1948; Michener, 1954)
PRYParaguay
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
SURSuriname
 (Schwarz, 1948)
VENVenezuela
 (Schwarz, 1948; Michener, 1954)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1923. Some bees from British Guiana. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 11 (64):442-459.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1901. Neue Arten der Bienengattung Trigona Jur. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1:265-271.
  • 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.
  • Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655.
  • 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. 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.
  • Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13.
  • Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14.
  • 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. 1940. Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. American Museum Novitates 1078:1-12.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1948. Stingless bees (Meliponinae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 90:i-xviii, 1-546.
  • 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.