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Melipona (Melikerria) ambigua Roubik & Camargo, 2012

Melipona (Melikerria) ambigua 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 [194] .
Type data: holotype USNM <F> worker , paratype STRI <F> workers (17) (also in USNM, RPSP and National University of Colombia at Bogota (LABUN)) , paratype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (7) (probably in National University of Colombia at Bogota (LABUN)).
Type locality: COLOMBIA, Bolivar Dpto., Cartagena 15 km SW, September, 1980 - nest, D. Roubik.
Etymology: from latin, ambiguus, uncertain, doubtful.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Bolívar)

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, nesting site: tree cavity, biogeography, taxonomy, DNA, similarity matrix, phylogenetic hypothesis, figures)

How to cite this page
J. M. F. Camargo, S. R. M. Pedro & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Sep/16/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023