Melipona (Michmelia) seminigra Friese, 1903
Remarks
We consider Melipona seminigra Friese as polytypic species including seven geographic races, three of them undescribed, occupying geographic areas mutually exclusive. Hybridation zones are known for some of them. Details were presented by Camargo (1994: 55, 56, 57).
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Acre [Xapuri], Amazonas [Barcelos, Itacoatiara, Manaus], Maranhão [Imperatriz, Zé Doca], Mato Grosso [Nova Ubiratã, Tangará Da Serra], Pará [Alenquer, Aveiro, Belém, Conceição Do Araguaia, Cumaru Do Norte, Itaituba, Melgaço, Monte Alegre, Prainha, Santarém, Tucuruí, Óbidos], Rondônia [Costa Marques, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Roraima, Tocantins)
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