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Melipona (Michmelia) indecisa Cockerell, 1919
Melipona fasciata indecisa Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [206] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21680 <F> worker , paratype USNM 21682, according to Roubik, 1992: 521 <F> worker.
Type locality: Lagunita de Aroa, Venuezela [sic = Venezuela], 2000 feet, M. A. Carriker.

Remarks

Probably a junior synonym of Trigona apiformis Buysson, 1892.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (La Guajira), Venezuela (Yaracuy)

References

Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [352] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, taxonomic note, note)
Gronen, D. (1881). Zur Naturgeschichte der Meliponiden. Zool. Garten 22: 330-333 [330-331] (as Melipona fasciata, geographic record [New Granada, Colombia, probably = M. indecisa Cockerell, *from Schwarz, 1932: 354])
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [187] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, geographic range, citation)
Moure, J. S. (1992). Melikerria e Eomelipona, dois subgêneros novos em Melipona Illiger, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 32-38 in Cruz Landim, C. & Chaud Netto, J. (ed.) Anais do Encontro Brasileiro de Biologia de Abelhas e Outros Insetos Sociais. Homenagem aos 70 anos de Warwick Estevam Kerr. Naturalia, número especial. São Paulo: Editora UNESP 283 pp. [33] (as Melipona indecisa, taxonomic characters)
Moure, J. S. & J. M. F. Camargo (1994). Melipona (Michmelia) capixaba, uma nova espécie de Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) do sudeste do Brasil. Rev. Bras. Zool. 11 (2): 289-296 [295] (as Melipona indecisa, list)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [112] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, geographic range, map, 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 [158] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona gr. fasciata [partim: Santander, probably = M. indecisa], geographic records, folk name: "Alá", "Guanotas")
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Nuevos registros para abejas del genero Melipona en Colombia. Tacaya 4: 7-8 [8] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata indecisa [error, does not exist in Antioquia], geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 3 (2): 21-33 [24, 25] (as Melipona indecisa and Melipona fasciata indecisa [error, does not exist in Antioquia, Colombia], list, folk name: "abejón cenizo", geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona indecisa [probably does not exist in Antioquia and Meta], geographic range, altitudinal range, 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. [521] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, taxonomic note, notes on paratype)
Roubik, D. W., Yanega, D., Aluja S., M., Buchmann, S. L. & Inouye, D. W. (1995). On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 26: 197-211 [200] (as Melipona panamica indecisa, taxonomic note)
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 [349, 351, 356, 362-363] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, taxonomic notes, key, redescription, geographic record)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata indecisa, list)
Villa, A. & Vergara, C. (1982). Contribución al estudio de los hábitos de nidificación de algunas especies de abejas nativas sin aguijón (Hymenóptera, Apidae). Scientia 1 (2): 147-163 [151, 154, 157, 159, 161] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona gr. fasciata, partim: Pandi, Paime, Arbeláez, geographic record, nesting site: natural cavities, nest entrance, altitudinal record, figure)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [131] (as Melipona fasciata indecisa, taxonomic note, citation)

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