Melipona (Michmelia) belizeae Schwarz, 1932
Melipona fasciata belizeae
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 [360] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers (4) , paratype CUIC 906 <F> workers (5).
Type locality: Belize (probably Belize City), Belize.
Melipona xanthopus
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 [361-362] (nom. nud. [specimens labeled by Friese, unpublished, according to Schwarz, 1932: 361-362]) .
Remarks
According to Moure (1971: 201) Melipona belizeae Schwarz is a junior synonym of Melipona solani Cockerell
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Tabasco); Neotropical Region: Belize (Belize), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Zacapa)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5, 7, 18, 35, 48, 116] (as Melipona belizeae, type examined, list, key, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic notes, geographic range, habitat)
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 fasciata belizeae, geographic range, citation)
Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [198, 201] (as Melipona fasciata solani, partim: reference to Melipona fasciata belizae [sic], taxonomic notes, synonymy; as Melipona belizae [sic], comparative notes, taxonomic notes, taxonomic characters, 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 belizae [sic], taxonomic character)
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 belizeae, comparative notes)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [111, 112] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, geographic range, figure, 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, 350, 353, 359, 360-362, 363, 409] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, taxonomic notes, key, description, geographic records)
Schwarz, H. F. (1936). Further comments on Melipona. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 44: 1-6 [3] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, geographic records, taxonomic notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, hamuli)
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [362] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, list, geographic record)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [131] (as Melipona fasciata belizeae, list, geographic range)
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