Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836)
Melipona geniculata
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 5: 28-175 [158] (nom. nud.) .
Melipona testaceicornis
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [429] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F> worker , paralectotype whereabouts unknown ?.
Subsequent designation: Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [407] (lectotype designated by Moure, in litt., in 17.IV.1958 [in his notes Moure did not mention other type specimens]) .
Type locality: "Sud de la Capt. de Goyaz" [Goiás, Brazil].
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Bahia [Boninal], Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá, Miranda], Minas Gerais [Caratinga, Paraopeba, Passos, Pirapora, Ponte Nova, Uberlândia, Ubá, Viçosa], Paraná [Boa Vista Da Aparecida, Londrina, Paranaguá], Rio Grande do Sul [Barão De Cotegipe, Frederico Westphalen, Planalto, Tenente Portela], Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo [Cajuru, Campinas, Corumbataí, Franca, Jundiaí, Piracicaba, Ribeirão Preto, Rio Claro, São Paulo, São Simão], Tocantins [Dueré, Fátima, Gurupi, Nova Olinda]), Paraguay
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