Melipona (Michmelia) lateralis Erichson, 1848
Melipona lateralis
Erichson, W. F. (1848). Insecten pp. 553-593 in Schomburgk, R. (ed.) Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana Vol. 3. Leipzig: Weber, J. J. [592] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F> workers (2).
Type locality: Guyana [probably Bartica, according to Schwarz, 1932: 374].
Melipona sicophanta
Gribodo, G. (1893). Note imenotterologiche. Nota. II. Nuovi generi e nuove specie di Imenotteri Antofili ed osservazioni sopra alcune specie giá conosciute. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 25: 248-287 [256] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype MCG <F> worker (Moure, 1960: 16, refers to the type specimens as holotype and paratypes) , paratype MCG <F> workers (2).
Type locality: "Cajenna, Gujana" [=Cayenne, French Guyana].
Melipona scutellaris flavofasciata
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [159] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype MZUSP 103.256 <F> worker.
Type locality: Santarem [?], Pará, Brazil, Ducke, 18.XII.1910 [see Moure & Kerr, 1950: 113, 120].
Melipona intermixta
Cockerell, T. D. A (1918). Bees from British Guiana. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 685-690 [687, 688] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 21665 <F> worker (see Cockerell, 1919: 197).
Type locality: Bartica District, Penal Settlement, British Guyana, John Tee Van [Beebe].
Melipona lateralis kangarumensis
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [461] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: syntype AMNH <F> workers (4).
Type locality: Kangaruma, Guyana, 13.VI.1911, Lutz; Kangaruma, Guyana, 18.VIII.1911, Lutz, forest near this place.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [461]
Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 1: 1-18 [16]
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 [372]
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [450]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Oiapoque], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Manaus], Pará [Anajás, Belém, Cametá, Faro, Oriximiná, Santarém, Óbidos], Roraima [Boa Vista, Caracaraí, Mucajaí]), French Guiana, Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
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