Melipona (Michmelia) costaricensis Cockerell, 1919
Common Name: "jicote-barcino"
Melipona fasciata costaricensis
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 21667 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Pozo Azul, Costa Rica, 15.VI.1902, M. A. Carriker.
Melipona fasciata melanopleura
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [201] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 21673 <F> worker.
Type locality: Pozo Azul, Costa Rica, 15.VI.1902, M. A. Carriker.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [201]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José)
References
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