Scaptotrigona bipunctata (Lepeletier, 1836)
Common Names: "canudo", "tubuna", "tapesuá"
Melipona bipunctata
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [427] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F> worker (according to the Moure's personal notes there is only one type specimen).
Type locality: "Du Brésil: capitainerie des Mines" [=Minas Gerais, Brazil].
Trigona hispida
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [108] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <F> worker.
Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1950). Notas sobre alguns Meliponinae bolivianos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (1): 70-80 [76]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Bahia [Igrapiúna], Ceará [Baturité, Guaramiranga], Maranhão [Codó], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Barbacena, Januária], Paraná [Boa Vista Da Aparecida, Curitiba, Guarapuava, Londrina, Mauá Da Serra, Ponta Grossa], Pará [Belém, Itaituba], Rio Grande do Sul [Barão De Cotegipe, Canela, Dois Irmãos, Gramado, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Pelotas, Porto Alegre, São Francisco De Paula, São Leopoldo, São Lourenço Do Sul, Taquari], Rio de Janeiro [Petrópolis, Rio De Janeiro], Santa Catarina [Três Barras], São Paulo [Ribeirão Preto]), Paraguay (Central), Peru (Huánuco)
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