What does this research mean for the field?

The etymology of the stingless bee genus name Partamona Schwarz, 1939 is based on a lapsus for the Patamona indigenous people, who are a Karib-speaking subgroup of the Akawaio rather than Arawak as originally claimed. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to clarify the erroneous naming of Partamona and its actual connection to Indigenous tribes.

May 3, 2026The Entomologist s monthly magazine0 citations

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On the name Partamona Schwarz (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

EAEvandson José Dos Anjos-SilvaUniversidade do Estado de Mato Grosso

Key Points

The aim is to clarify the erroneous naming of Partamona and its actual connection to Indigenous tribes.
Literature review of entomological classifications and historical references.
Analysis of previous studies regarding the indigenous tribes and their languages.
Partamona was incorrectly linked to the Arawak stock based on a lapsus.
The correct Indigenous group associated with the name is the Akawaio subgroup of the Patamona.
Errors in naming have persisted in scientific literature over decades.

Abstract

Herbert Ferlando Schwarz (1883–1960) was an American entomologist who specialised on Hymenoptera, especially stingless bees (Apinae: Meliponini). In 1939, Scharwz proposed the name Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Schwarz 1939) as a replacement for the preoccupied Patera Schwarz, 1938 (Schwarz 1938), at the time a subgenus of Trigona Jurine , 1807. According to Schwarz (1939: p. 23): ‘ The Partamona is taken from a tribe of Indians of Arawak stock inhabiting the hinterland of British Guiana ’. In actuality, it is a lapsus, perpetuated by Pedro Olson 1991).

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Evandson José Dos Anjos-Silva (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f6e67c8071d4f1bdfc71b6 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1622.4364

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