Melipona (Melipona) orbignyi (Guérin, 1844)
Common Names: "mandasaya", "mandurí-de-Mato-Grosso"
Trigona orbignyi
Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1844). Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux; pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de Zoologie. Paris: Baillière, J. B. Vol. 3 xxix+ 653, plates 2 pp. [463] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F> worker.
Type locality: Chiquitos, Bolívia [probably collected by A. D'Orbigny, in July, 1831].
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Santa Fé), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso [Cuiabá], Mato Grosso do Sul [Aquidauana, Bonito, Corumbá, Miranda, Porto Murtinho]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Guairá, Itapúa, Neembucú)
References
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