APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Melipona Melipona (Melikerria)
Melipona (Melikerria) insularis Roubik & Camargo, 2012
Melipona (Melikerria) insularis
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 [191] .
Type data: holotype USNM <F> worker , paratype STRI <F> workers (3) , paratype STRI <F> workers (63?) (also in USNM, RPSP and University of Panama, Fairchild Entomological Collection).
Type locality: PANAMA: Veraguas Prov. Coiba Island, Playa Hermosa, 1.6 km W, 17 December 2007, D. Roubik.
Etymology: from latin, insularis, isolated, island dwelling.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Panama (Veraguas)
References
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 [189-199] (diagnosis, description, worker, geographic record, biogeography, taxonomy, DNA, similarity matrix, phylogenetic hypothesis, figures)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023