Mourella caerulea (Friese, 1900)
Common Names: "bieira", "mirim-do-chão"
Melipona caerulea
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [394] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F> worker (according to Moure,<I> in litt</I>., in ZMB there is one specimen labeled as type from "Blumenau, 1897, Virgil" and one cotype from same place).
Type locality: Blumenau, Indayal, Santa Catarina, Brazil, G. Virgil leg..
Trigona cyanescens
Friese, H. (1911). Neue Bienen aus Süd-Amerika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. IV: 453-456 [455] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype USNM <F> workers (2) , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers , syntype ZMB <F> workers (7) , syntype ZSM <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Villa Rica, Paraguay, Burgdorf leg.; Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay, Bertoni leg. Nr. 10, 11; Villa Rica, Paraguay, Burgdorff leg (6).; Villa Encarnacion, Paraguay, Schrottky leg. (1); Villa Rica, Paraguay.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [142]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Paraná [Guarapuava], Rio Grande do Sul [Camaquã, Canguçu, Pinheiro Machado, Piratini, Porto Alegre, São Lourenço Do Sul, Viamão], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Indaial]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Guairá, Itapúa), Uruguay (Montevideo)
References
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