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Melipona (Melipona) peruviana Friese, 1900
Melipona peruviana Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [382] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> worker (1) , syntype whereabouts unknown <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Callanga, Peru.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Peru (Cuzco, Junín, Madre de Dios, Pasco)

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 peruviana, taxonomic note)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [205] (as Melipona peruviana, geographic record, altitudinal record, taxonomic 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 peruviana, geographic range, citation)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [70] (as Melipona favosa peruviana, list)
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] (taxonomic note)
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, 203] (as Melipona peruviana, male, taxonomic note)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [342] (Note on type material)
Roubik, D. W. (1990). Biogeographical ecology of Melipona (Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 579-580 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [580] (as Melipona peruviana, habitat, highland)
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 [269, 327, 344, 345-346] (as Melipona favosa peruviana, keys, taxonomic notes, synonymy, description, geographic records, altitudinal record)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (as Melipona favosa peruviana, hamuli)

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