Melipona (Melipona) favosa (Fabricius, 1798)
Common Names: "rabipintada", "erica"
Apis atrata
Fabricius, J. C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storch 1-572 pp. [275] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype ZMUC <M> males (2), queen (1).
Type locality: "America meridionali".
Apis favosa
Fabricius, J. C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storch 1-572 pp. [275] .
Type data: lectotype ZMUC <F> worker , paralectotype ZMUC <F> workers (2) , paralectotype ZMUC <F> worker (1) (One of the four type specimens of <I>Apis favosa</I> Fabricius, corresponds to <I>Melipona scutellaris lateralis </I>according to Moure, 1960: 152).
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio de Janeiro) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [152] .
Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.
Bombus parvulus
Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [352] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype ZMUC <M> male , paralectotype ZMUC <M> male , paralectotype ZMUC <M> male.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio de Janeiro) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [152] .
Type locality: "Ex Am. mer. Schmidt" [= America meridionalis].
Melipona soror
Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les Mellifères Sud- Américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. naturelles de l'Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [58] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype MHNN <F> worker.
Subsequent designation: Rasmussen, C., Mahé, G. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A. (2007). Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 [60] (lectotype designation by C. Rasmussen & J. M. F. Camargo) .
Type locality: Maroni [Maroni river], Guyane Française, legs E. Bar.
Melipona schausi
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [195] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 21662 <F> worker.
Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana, from collection William Schaus.
Melipona schausi convolvuli
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [199] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 21670 <F> worker.
Type locality: C. Bolivar, Venezuela, M. A. Carriker, "on convolvulus".
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio de Janeiro) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [152]
Rasmussen, C., Mahé, G. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A. (2007). Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 [60]
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 [329]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Magdalena), French Guiana (Cayenne, Kourou), Guyana (Demerara-Mahaica, Mahaica-Berbice), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Mérida, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre)
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