Melipona (Michmelia) solani Cockerell, 1912
Common Name: "criolla"
Melipona solani
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [315] .
Type data: holotype AMNH 31909 <F> worker.
Type locality: Quirigua, Guatemala, 20.II.1912, W. P. Cockerell.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas); Neotropical Region: Guatemala (Izabal)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5, 7, 18, 47-48, 116] (as Melipona solani, list, type examined, key, synonymy, diagnosis, geographic record, geographic range, taxonomic notes, habitat)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [315] (as Melipona solani, description, geographic record, flower record: Solanum)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [198, 200, 206] (as Melipona solani, taxonomic notes)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1933). Descriptions and Records of Bees. CXLIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11: 456-468 [462] (as Melipona fasciata solani, geographic record)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1946). New species and subspecies collected in a month in Guatemala. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 54: 203-206 [204] (as Melipona solani, list)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [494] (as Melipona solani, list, geographic record, flower record: Solanum)
Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [197, 198, 201] (as Melipona fasciata solani, partim: except Melipona fasciata belizae [sic] and Melipona fuscipes A from Popayan Colombia, taxonomic notes)
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 [315] (as Melipona solani, taxonomic notes)
Vit, P., Medina, M. & Enríquez, M. E. (2004). Quality standards for medicinal uses of Meliponinae honey in Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela. Bee World 85 (1): 2-5 [3] (as Melipona solani, folk name: "criolla", beekeeping)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023