APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Melipona Melipona (Michmelia) (fasciata)
Melipona (Michmelia) colimana Ayala, 1999
Melipona colimana
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [35] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers (4) , paratype UNAM <F> worker (12) , paratype UNAM <F> workers (7), <M> male (1) , paratype UNAM <F> workers (5) , paratype UNAM <F> worker (s?) , paratype UNAM <F> workers (4) , paratype UNAM <F> workers (40) , paratype SEMK , paratype BLCU.
Type locality: Laboratorio Natural Las Joyas, Sierra de Manantlán (al Sur de Autlán), Jalisco México, 13.VII.1988, F. A. Noguera.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Jalisco)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 18, 35-39, 40, 41, 42, 117] (as Melipona colimana, list, key, description, geographic records, geographic range, altitudinal record, habitat, flower records: Verbesina greenmanii, Crotalaria cajanifolia, figures: male)
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023