APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Scaura
Scaura cearensis Nogueira, Santos-Júnior & Oliveira, 2019
Scaura cearensis
Nogueira, D.S., Santos-Júnior, J.E. & Oliveira (2019). Scaura cearensis sp. n. pp. 488-494 in Nogueira, D.S., Santos-Júnior, J.E., Oliveira, F.F. & Oliveira, M.L. Review of Scaura Schwarz, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Zootaxa 4712: 451–496 [488] .
Type data: holotype INPA <F> worker (The depository of the holotype is not provided in the original publication. See Almeida et al. (2020: 84)) , paratype UFC <F> worker , paratype INPA <F> workers and queen, <M> , paratype MPEG <F> worker , paratype MNRJ <F> worker , paratype ZSM <F> worker , paratype MNHP <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> worker , paratype ZMB <F> worker , paratype SEMK <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker , paratype MZUSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> worker , paratype DZMG <F> worker.
Type locality: "Brasil, Ceará, Meruoca, 03°32'20"S 40°27'50"O, 30.xii.2015 / Ninho transferido em 20.vi.2015 para Fortaleza / D. Nogueira e J. Félix Leg., em ninho de Nasutitermes corniger".
Remarks
It is not possible to know from the original publication to which "Oliveira" the autorship of the taxon refers. The publication contains two authors under the name Oliveira.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Ceará [Meruoca, Ubajara])
References
Almeida, E.A.B., Costa, A.M., Tavares-Filho, J.A., Zichinelli, M.M. & Quinteiro, F.D. (2020). Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of insects (Hexapoda) at Coleção Entomológica “Prof. J.M.F.Camargo” (RPSP), Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa 4842 (1): 1-204 [84] (Note on type material, as Scaura cearensis)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023