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Melipona (Melipona) variegatipes Gribodo, 1893
Melipona variegatipes Gribodo, G. (1893). Note imenotterologiche. Nota. II. Nuovi generi e nuove specie di Imenotteri Antofili ed osservazioni sopra alcune specie giá conosciute. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 25: 248-287 [254] .
Type data: lectotype MCG <F> worker , paralectotype MCG <F> worker (1), <M> male (1).
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 1: 1-18 [15-16] .
Type locality: "Guadalupa" [Guadeloupe, West Indies].

Melipona rufipes Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [382] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype NMW <F> worker , paralectotype ZMB <F> workers (1) , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> worker (1).
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [193] .
Type locality: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1900, Draenert [according to Moure, 1971: 193, the specimen was mislabeled, it is not from Brazil].

Melipona variegatipes lautipes Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [204] (junior subjective synonym. It can be a different species, considering the isolation of the populations in different islands, if it was not introduced by the man) .
Type data: holotype USNM 21678 <F> worker.
Type locality: Mont Serrat, 3.III.1894, C. V. Riley leg..

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [193]
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 [346]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat

References

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