Table S1

Name used in the present work / Name used in previous works / Original reference
Celetrigona longicornis / Hypotrigona (Celetrigona) longicornis / Tarelho 1973
Cleptotrigona cubiceps / Lestrimelitta cubiceps / Kerr and Araújo 1957
Duckeola ghilianii / Trigona (Duckeola) ghilianii
Frieseomelitta (Duckeola) ghilianii / Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972
Friesella schrottkyi / Plebeia (Friesella) schrottkyi / Tarelho 1973
Frieseomelitta doederleini / Trigona (Frieseomelitta) doederleini / Tarelho 1973
Frieseomelitta varia / Trigona (Frieseomelitta) varia
Trigona (Frieseomelitta) varia / Kerr 1969
Tarelho 1973
Geotrigona mombuca / Geotrigona inusitata / Pompolo 1992
Geotrigona subterranea / Trigona (Geotrigona) subterranea / Kerr and Silveira 1972
Hypotrigona gribodoi / T. (Hypotrigona) braunsi
Hypotrigona braunsi = gribodoi from Moçambique / Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972
Leurotrigona muelleri / Trigona (Leurotrigona) muelleri
Hypotrigona (Leurotrigona) muelleri / Kerr 1969
Tarelho 1973
Melipona bicolor schencki / Melipona schencki schencki
Melipona nigra / Kerr 1948
Kerr 1969
Melipona fasciculata / Melipona interrupta fasciculata
Melipona compressipes / Kerr 1952
Rocha et al. 2002
Melipona fuscopilosa / Melipona seminigra fuscopilosa / Rocha and Pompolo 1998; Rocha et al. 2002
Melipona interrupta / Melipona compressipes manaoensis / Kerr 1969, 1972
Melipona rufiventris / Melípona fasciata rufiventris / Kerr 1948
Meliponula (Axestotrigona) ferruginea / Trigona erithra togoensis / Kerr and Araújo 1957
Meliponula (Meliplebeia) becarii / Trigona becarii
Meliplebeia becarii / Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972
Meliponula (Meliponula) bocandei / Trigona (Meliponula) bocandei / Kerr and Araujo 1957
Nannotrigona testaceicornis / Trigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis
Nannotrigona (Nannotrigona) testaceicornis / Kerr 1969
Tarelho 1973
Oxytrigona tataira / Trigona (Oxytrigona) tataira / Kerr 1969
Paratrigona subnuda / Trigona (Paratrigona) subnuda
Plebeia (Paratrigona) subnuda / Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972
Partamona aiylae / Partamona (P.) pearsoni / Tarelho 1973
Partamona helleri / Partamona (P.) cupira helleri
Partamona cupira
Partamona cupira / Tarelho 1973
Pompolo 1992
Costa et al. 1992
Partamona nhambiquara / Partamona sp. n. / Brito-Ribon et al. 1999
Partamona seridoensis / Partamona sp. aff. nigrior / Brito 1998
Partamona testacea / Trigona(P.) testacea testacea / Kerr 1969
Plebeia droryana / Trigona (Plebeia) mosquito
Trigona (Plebeia) droryana
Plebeia (Plebeia) droryana / Kerr 1952
Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972; Tarelho 1973
Plebeia emerina / Trigona (Plebeia) emerina / Kerr 1969
Plebeia lucii / Plebeia minina / Caixeiro 1996
Plebeina hildebrandti / Trigona denoiti
Plebeia (Plebeia) denoiti / Kerr 1969
Kerr 1972
Plebeia remota / Trigona (Plebeia) remota / Kerr 1969
Scaptotrigona barrocoloradensis / Trigona barrocoloradensis / Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Scaptotrigona depilis / Trigona (Scaptotrigona) depilis / Tarelho 1973
Scaptotrigona postica / Trigona (Scaptotrigona) postica / Tarelho 1973
Scaura latitarsis / Scaura (S.) latitarsis / Tarelho 1973
Schwarziana quadripunctata / Plebeia (Schwarziana) quadripunctata / Tarelho 1973
Tetragona elongata / Trigona (Tetragona) clavipes
Tetragona clavipes / Tarelho 1973
Rocha et al. 2003a
Tetragona dorsalis / Trigona (T.) dorsalis / Kerr 1969
Tetragona quadrangula / Trigona (Tetragona) quadrangula / Tarelho 1973
Tetragona truncata / Trigona (Tetragona) truncata / Tarelho 1973
Tetragonisca angustula / Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula
Trigona angustula / Tarelho 1973
Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Tetragonula minangkabau / Trigona minangkabau / Hoshiba and Imai 1993
Trigona cilipes / Trigona cilipes cilipes / Kerr 1969
Trigona fuscipennis / Trigona (Trigona) fuscipennis / Tarelho 1973
Trigona recursa / Trigona (Trigona) recursa / Silveira 1972; Tarelho 1973
Trigona spinipes / Trigona (T.) spinipes / Kerr 1969; Tarelho 1973

The nomenclature used for the African samples followed that of Eardley (2004)