APIDAE Apinae Meliponini
Incertae sedis
Melipona diluta
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 5: 28-175 [158] (nom. nud., from Brazil; see also Dalla Torre, 1896: 577) .
Melipona nana
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 5: 28-175 [158] (nom. nud., from Brazil; see also Dalla Torre, 1896: 581) .
Trigona aemula
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 5: 28-175 [158] (nom. nud., see also: Latreille, 1811: 296; Spinola, 1840: 124) .
Melipona iris
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [431] (see also Smith, 1854: 408 as Trigona iris, Dalla Torre, 1896: 579 as Melipona iris, and Marianno 1911: 110 as Trigona iris) .
Type data: Type MNHP <F> worker (According to the Moure file the type was probably lost).
Type locality: Brazil.
Melipona (Trigona) flaveola
Spinola, M. (1840). Observationes sur les apiaires meliponides. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 13: 116-140 [124] (nom. nud.) .
Trigona duponti
Spinola, M. (1840). Observationes sur les apiaires meliponides. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 13: 116-140 [124] (nom. nud. from Mexico. Probably Scaptotrigona. See also Dalla Torre, 1896: 578; Cockerell, 1899: 20) .
Melipona maesta
Puls, J. C. (1868). Quelques insectes hyménoptères, recueillis par M. P. Strobel dans la Républic Argentine. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 11: 257-257 [257] (nom. nud., from Argentina; see also Dalla Torre, 1896: 580) .
Trigona urucu
Smith, F. (1868). Observations on the economy of Brazilian insects, chiefly Hymenoptera, from the notes of Mr. Peckolt. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 16 (1): 133-136 [133] (nom. nud.. See also Schwarz, 1948: 268) .
Melipona variabilis
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [47, 50] (nom. nud. see also Müller, F. (in Möller), 1921: 251, 299, 300, 317, 320; Schwarz, 1932: 427; Nogueira-Neto, 1966: 381) .
Trigona dominiquella
Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les Mellifères Sud- Américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. naturelles de l'Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [58] (nom. nud.) .
Trigona limbata
Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les Mellifères Sud- Américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. naturelles de l'Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [58] (nom. nud.) .
Melipona curtula
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 5: 28-175 [158] (nom. nud. from Brazil; see also Dalla Torre, 1896: 577) .
Trigona varians
Müller, F. (1921). [articles] pp. 150-418 in Möller, A. (ed.) Fritz Müller - Werke, Briefe und Leben. (gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. Alfred Möller). Vol. 2 Briefe und noch nicht veröffentlichte Abhandlungen aus dem Nachlass 1854-1897. Vol. 2. Jena: Verlag Gustav Fischer 418 pp., 239 figures + 4 plates pp. [243, 298] (nom. nud.; also as Melipona varians; see also Nogueira-Neto, 1966: 381) .
Trigona fumipennis
Lutz, F. E. (1924). Some characters of American Meliponidae pp. 202-232 in Lutz, F. E. Apparently non-selective characters and combinations of characters, including a study of ultraviolet in relation to the flower visiting habits of insects. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 29: 181–283 [205, 210, 216] (nom. nud.) .
Trigona brevis
Friese, H. (1925). Neue neotropische Bienenarten, zugleich II. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 86 (2): 1-41 [41] (nom. nud. According to John Ascher and Claus Rasmussen (in litt.) the type of Trigona brevis, deposited in the AMNH, with label of Brasil/Jundiahy, is indeed a Tetragonula of the fuscobalteata (Cameron, 1908) group from Indo-Malayan region.) .
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