Melipona (Eomelipona) torrida Friese, 1916
Common Names: "mandury-de-palo", "mondori", "monduri", "guasú", "yurú-apati"
Melipona pulchella
Müller, F. (1875). Poey's Beobachtungen über die Naturgeschichte der Honigbiene von Cuba, Melipona fulvipes, Guér. Zool. Garten 16 (8): 291-297 [295, 296] (nom. nud.; see also Müller, F., 1921: 239, 245-246, 258; Schwarz, 1932: 427) .
Melipona marginata torrida
Friese, H. (1916). Zur bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-348 [348, 299] .
Type data: lectotype ZMB <F> worker (1) , paralectotype AMNH <F> worker (1) (with type label by Friese, see Schwarz 1932:437) , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> worker (1).
Subsequent designation: Melo, G. A. R. (2013). On the identity of Melipona torrida Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 57 (3): 248-252 [248] .
Type locality: 'San Jose, Costa Rica'.
Melipona marginata obscurior
Moure, J. S. (1971). Nova subespécie de Melipona marginata do leste brasileiro (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Paraná 4 (12): 58 [194] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker (According to Melo (2013: 250), the type locality indicated in the original description is wrong. All type specimens in the DZUP collection are from Nova Teutônia (Seara), in Santa Catarina.) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (?) , paratype RPSP <M> male (1) (paratypes in other collections, according to Moure, 1971: 195).
Type locality: 'Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 900 m, anonymous'.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Melo, G. A. R. (2013). On the identity of Melipona torrida Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 57 (3): 248-252 [248]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Paraguay (Caaguazú)
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