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Scaptotrigona mexicana (Guérin-Meneville, 1844)

Trigone mexicaine Guérin-Méneville, 1844:464, sex not indicated - As Melipona mexicana: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 581 (comb. nov.). - As Scaptotrigona mexicana: - Ayala, 1999Ayala, R. 1999. Revisión de las abejas sin aguin de México (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106:1-123. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution); Ayala et al., 2014Ayala, R., V.H. Gonzalez & M.S. Engel 2014. Mexican stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Diversity, distribution, and indigenous knowledge. In: Vit, P., S. Pedro, D. Roubik (Ed.). Pot-Honey. . (distribution); Ayala-Barajas, 2016Ayala-Barajas, R. 2016. Las abejas del género Plebeia Schwarz (Apidae: Meliponini) de México. Entomología mexicana 3:937-942. (distribution); Arnold et al., 2018Arnold, N., R. Ayala, J. Mérida, P. Sagot, M. Aldasoro & R. Vandame 2018. Registros nuevos de abejas sin aguijón (Apidae: Meliponini) para los estados de Chiapas y Oaxaca, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89:651-665. (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 Trigona mexicana: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (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).
Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917:125, xw. Holotype xw, Porto Bello, Panama, April 20, 1912 (leg. A. Busck). - 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, 1946Michener, C.D. 1946. Notes on the habits of some Panamanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 54 (3):179-197. (biology, 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.:90 ( listed as synonym of Scaptotrigona mexicana (Guérin-Meneville, 1844)).
Trigona postica luteipennis Schwarz, 1934:19 - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:170 ( listed as synonym of Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917).

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Area distribution map

map of Scaptotrigona mexicana (Guérin-Meneville, 1844)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1854; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1899; Friese, 1916; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Ayala-Barajas, 2016; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (Ayala, 1999; Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Ayala, 1999; Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Ayala, 1999; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Arnold et al., 2018)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Ayala, 1999; Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010; Ayala et al., 2014; Arnold et al., 2018)
PANPanama
 (Cockerell, 1917 [as Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917]; Michener, 1946 [as Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917]; Michener, 1954 [as Trigona pachysoma Cockerell, 1917])

Literature

  • Arnold, N., R. Ayala, J. Mérida, P. Sagot, M. Aldasoro & R. Vandame 2018. Registros nuevos de abejas sin aguijón (Apidae: Meliponini) para los estados de Chiapas y Oaxaca, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89:651-665.
  • Ayala, R. 1999. Revisión de las abejas sin aguin de México (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106:1-123.
  • Ayala, R., V.H. Gonzalez & M.S. Engel 2014. Mexican stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Diversity, distribution, and indigenous knowledge. In: Vit, P., S. Pedro, D. Roubik (Ed.). Pot-Honey. .
  • Ayala-Barajas, R. 2016. Las abejas del género Plebeia Schwarz (Apidae: Meliponini) de México. Entomología mexicana 3:937-942.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. New social bees. Psyche 24 (4):120-128.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1829-1858. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes. J. B. Baillière, Paris. 576 pp.
  • 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. 1946. Notes on the habits of some Panamanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 54 (3):179-197.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • 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.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.