Melipona (Melikerria) salti Schwarz, 1932
Melipona interrupta salti
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [431, 434] (nom. nud.) .
Melipona interrupta salti
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 [293] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers, queen, <M> male , paratype RPSP <F> worker.
Type locality: Colombia, G. Salt leg. [Schwarz did not specify the locality of the holotype, probably from Sevilla, Magdalena].
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Magdalena)
References
Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge xxii+682 pp. [289] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona compressipes, beekeeping)
Flechtmann, C. H. W. & Camargo, C. A. (1974). Acari associated with stingless bees (Meliponidae, Hymenoptera) from Brazil pp. 315-319 in Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ed.) Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Acarology. Saalfelden, Austria: Hungarian Academy of Sciences [315] (as Melipona interrupta salti, inquiline: Hypoaspis meliponarum (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae), citation)
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 salti, geographic range, citation)
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 [154] (as Melipona compressipes salti, taxonomic note)
Nates Parra, G. (1983). Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 31 (1): 155-158 [155] (as Melipona interrupta, geographic record - citation)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 3 (2): 21-33 [23] (as Melipona compressipes salti, list)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Nuevos registros para abejas del genero Melipona en Colombia. Tacaya 4: 7-8 [8] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona compressipes oblitescens, partim: Magdalena, geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238, 245] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona compressipes compressipes and M. compressipes oblitescens, partim: Cundinamarca, Magdalena, geographic records, altitudinal records, synonymy [error]; as Melipona compressipes salti, geographic records, altitudinal records)
Nates Parra, G. & Cepeda, O. I. (1983). Comportamiento defensivo en algunas especies de meliponinos colombianos (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae). Bol. Depto. Biol. Univ. Nac. Colombia 1 (5): 65-82 [66, 69, 71] (as Melipona interrupta, citation, defense behavior)
Nates Parra, G. & González, V. H. (2000). Las abejas silvestres de Colombia: por qué y cómo conservarlas. Acta Biol. Colomb. 5 (1): 5-37 [15, 21] (as Melipona compressipes sati, list, endemism, note on types; ? uncertain identity, as Melipona compressipes, geographic records, local extinction)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [252] (as Melipona compressipes salti, queen ratio, food, citation)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [520] (as Melipona compressipes salti, taxonomic note)
Roubik, D. W. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2011). The Panama microplate, island studies and relictual species of Melipona (Melikerria) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Syst. Entomol. (DOI) 10.1111/j.1365-3113. (2011.00587x): 1-11 [190, 192, 193, 194, 196] (geographic range, taxonomy, comparative notes, DNA, similarity matrix, phylogenetic hypothesis, figures)
Roubik, D. W. & Wheeler, Q. D. (1982). Flightless beetles and stingless bees: phoresy of Scotocryptine beetles (Leiodidae) on their meliponine hosts (Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 55 (1): 125-135 [127] (as Melipona interrupta salti, inquiline: Scotocryptus meliponae (Leiodidae), citation)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [431,434-437, 438,441,446, 447,448, 450,452,453, 455,460, 461] (as Melipona interrupta salti, nest characteristics, nesting site: tree cavity, pollen characteristics, pollen weight, neighbours: ants: Wasmannia auropunctata, beetles: Curculionidae, Scolytidae, Macratria sp. (Pedilidae), inquilines: Hypoaspis meliponarum (Laelaptidae, Acari), Dasychernes inquilinus (Cheliferidae, Pseudoscorpionida), Coproporus piceus (Staphylinidae), Silvanus trivialis (Cucujidae), Scotocryptus meliponae, S. melitophilus (Leiodidae), Colastus hilaris, Haptoncus luteolus (Nitidulidae), Pseudohypocera nigrofacies (Phoridae), Cyphoderus sp. (Entomobryidae, Collembola), nests aggregation: Trigona amalthea, Trigona capitata zexmeniae, physogastric queen, geographic records, altitudinal records, flower records: Mimosa pudica, Haematoxylum sp., habitat)
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 [267, 269, 285, 287, 289, 293-299, 302, 304, 323] (as Melipona interrupta salti, keys: queen, male, worker, taxonomic notes, description: worker, male, queen , geographic records, gynandromorph, figures: plate 1 - figure D, plate 2 - figure D, plate 4 - figure D, plate 5 - figures D-F, plate 8 - figures A-F)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [5, 31, 34, 47, 50, 51, 61, 94, 102, 114, 147, 451, 458] (as Melipona interrupta salti, queen ovary, cocoons, wax removal, queen ratio, wax secretion, males, nest aggregation, inquilines: mites: Hypoaspis meliponarum (Acari), pollen, honey, behavior, nesting site: tree hollow, citation, hamuli)
Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (as Melipona compressipes salti, list)
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