Melipona (Michmelia) rufescens Friese, 1900
Melipona rufescens
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [381] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (2) (Probably deposited AMNH) , syntype MZUSP 103.250 <F> worker (1) (Moure & Kerr (1950:114) refers to this specimen as a possible cotype) , syntype ZMB <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Yungas, Bolivia; Mapiri, Bolivia.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (La Paz), Peru (Pasco)
References
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [187] (as Melipona fasciata rufescens, geographic range, citation)
Laroca, S. & M. C. Almeida (1994). O relicto de cerrado de Jaguariaíva, (Paraná, Brasil): I. padrões biogeográficos, melissocenoses e flora melissófila. Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 23 (1,2,3,4): 89-101 [101] (as Melipona rufescens, habitat, citation)
Moure (1953). Sistemática e evolução pp. 125-156 in Lange, F. W. , et al. (ed.) Evolução dos Seres Vivos. Curitiba, Paraná: Centro de Estudos de História Natural, 1953 156 pp. [130] (as Melipona rufescens, note)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [70] (as Melipona fasciata rufescens, list)
Moure, J. S. (1992). Melikerria e Eomelipona, dois subgêneros novos em Melipona Illiger, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 32-38 in Cruz Landim, C. & Chaud Netto, J. (ed.) Anais do Encontro Brasileiro de Biologia de Abelhas e Outros Insetos Sociais. Homenagem aos 70 anos de Warwick Estevam Kerr. Naturalia, número especial. São Paulo: Editora UNESP 283 pp. [33] (as Melipona rufescens, taxonomic character)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [109, 114, 125] (as Melipona rufescens, taxonomic character, diagnosis, geographic range, notes on the probable cotype, map)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Nuevos registros para abejas del genero Melipona en Colombia. Tacaya 4: 7-8 [8] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona rufescens, geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 3 (2): 21-33 [24, 25] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona rufescens, geographic records)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona rufescens, geographic record, altitudinal record)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [342] (Note on type material)
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 [349, 350, 352, 406-409] (as Melipona fasciata rufescens, taxonomic characters, key, synonymy, description, taxonomic notes, geographic records)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (as Melipona fasciata rufescens, hamuli)
Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona rufescens, list)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [131] (as Melipona rufescens, taxonomic note)
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