Trigonisca pipioli (lat.) Is a species of stingless bees from the tribe Meliponini of the Apidae family. Endemic to Mexico [1] .
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Distribution
Neotropics: Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatán) [2] [3] [4] .
Description
They visit the flowers of Opuntia sp., Viguiera dentata , Malpighia mexicana ( Malpigian family). Ghost workers with several sets in addition to small hairs. Do not use a sting when protecting. The sting has been preserved, but in a strongly reduced form. The species was first described in 1999 by the American entomologist Ricardo Ayala (Ricardo Ayala; University of Kansas. Natural History Museum, USA ). The name of the species Trigonisca pipioli is given by its popular name "pipioli", common in the Nahuatl language from the Aztec culture [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [8, 15, 19, 98, 107, 109, 111-114, 115] (as Trigonisca (Trigonisca) pipioli, list, figures: hind tibia, forewing, key, comparative notes, synonymy , diagnosis, description, geographic records, geographic range, flower records: Opuntia sp., Malpighia mexicana, Viguiera dentata, folk name: "pipioli")
- ↑ Catalog of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region
- ↑ Michener, CD ( 2007 ) The bees of the world, second edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 953 pp.
- ↑ Schwarz, HF (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1.2): 357-370 [363, 365] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni, partim, geographic record, key)
Literature
- Albuquerque, PMC & Camargo, JMF (2007). Espécies novas de Trigonisca Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 51 (2): 160-175 [160].