Melipona (Melipona) baeri Vachal, 1904
Melipona baeri
Vachal, J. (1904). Voyage de M. G. A. Baer au Tucuman (Argentine). Hymenoptera Mellifera (Familia única: Apidae). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 23: 9-26 [9] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (4) (Probably deposited in ZMB).
Type locality: La Criolla and Tapia, Tucuman, Argentina, I.1903 (La Criolla), III.1903 (Tapia), M. G. A. Baer leg..
Melipona baeri pallescens
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [196] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype AMNH <F> workers, <M> males , syntype USNM <F> workers, <M> males , syntype ZSM <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Tarata, Bolivia; Tarata, Bolivia, 1900.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). The genus Melipona the type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (4): 231-460 [341]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones, Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
References
Camargo, J. M. F., Moure, J. S. & Roubik, D. W. (1988). Melipona yucatanica new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae); stingless bee dispersal across the Caribbean arc and post-Eocene vicariance. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 64 (2): 147-157 [148] (as Melipona favosa baeri, geographic range)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [196] (as Melipona baeri pallescens and M. quinquefasciata pallescens, geographic record, description; as Melipona baeri, M. quinquefasciata baeri and M. quadrifasciata bicolor, geographic record, taxonomic note)
Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Viaje á Misiones. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba 10: 252-288 [288] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona favosa, geographic record)
Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus. Hymenopterorum Argentinorum et quorumdam exoticorum observationes synonimicas, addendas, novorumque generum specierumque descriptiones contines. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [382] (as Melipona favosa, geographic record, note)
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [186] (as Melipona favosa baeri, list, citation)
Kerr, W. E. (1951). Bases para o estudo da genética de populações dos Hymenoptera em geral e dos Apinae sociais em particular. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 8: 219-354 [297, 298] (as Melipona favosa baeri, mimicry)
Moure, J. S. (1948). Notas sobre algumas abelhas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina (Hymenopt. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. 19 (1-2): 313-346 [345] (as Melipona favosa baeri, geographic record, comparative notes)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Notas sobre alguns Meliponinae bolivianos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (1): 70-80 [79] (as Melipona favosa baeri, geographic record, taxonomic notes, nest)
Moure, J. S. (1992). Melikerria e Eomelipona, dois subgêneros novos em Melipona Illiger, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 32-38 in Cruz Landim, C. & Chaud Netto, J. (ed.) Anais do Encontro Brasileiro de Biologia de Abelhas e Outros Insetos Sociais. Homenagem aos 70 anos de Warwick Estevam Kerr. Naturalia, número especial. São Paulo: Editora UNESP 283 pp. [37] (as Melipona (Melipona) favosa baeri, taxonomic note, geographic range)
Nates-Parra, G. & Roubik, D. W. (1990). Sympatry among subspecies of Melipona favosa in Colombia and a taxonomic revision. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 63 (1): 200-203 [200, 201, 202] (as Melipona favosa baeri, taxonomy, geographic range)
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). The genus Melipona the type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (4): 231-460 [328, 335, 341-342, 344] (as Melipona favosa baeri, key, taxonomic notes, synonymy, description, male, geographic records)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (as Melipona favosa baeri, hamuli)
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