Melipona (Michmelia) panamica Cockerell, 1912
Common Names: "colmena", "colmena-grande"
Melipona fasciata panamica
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [198] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21666 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker.
Type locality: Porto Bello, Panama, 28.II.1911, A. Busck.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Darién, Panamá, San Blas, Veraguas), Panama Canal Zone
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