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Scaura longula (Lepeletier, 1836)
Common Names: "ramichi-negra-grande", "jataí-preta", "mehnô-rã-tyk"
Melipona longula Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [434] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F> worker (according to Moure's personal notes, one type specimen).
Type locality: Brazil [São Paulo].

Remarks

More than one species included

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amapá [Macapá, Mazagão, Oiapoque], Amazonas [Benjamin Constant, Japurá, São Paulo De Olivença], Bahia, Goiás [Luziânia], Maranhão [Buriticupu], Mato Grosso [Juína], Minas Gerais [Araguari], Pará [Belém, Itaituba], São Paulo [São Paulo], Tocantins [Dueré, Fátima, Gurupi, Santa Maria Do Tocantins]), Colombia (Cundinamarca, Meta), Peru (Junín, Loreto, Pasco, San Martín), Suriname

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