Melipona (Michmelia) crinita Moure & Kerr, 1950
Common Names: "uruçu-amarela-avermelhada", "jandaíra-maior", "maria-preguiçosa", "uruçu-vermelha", "buná-bissu-tashipaki"
Melipona fuscata crinita
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [118] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker.
Type locality: Rio Chaparé, afl. do Rio Mamoré, Bolivia, I.1949, PP. G. Williner & A. Bridarolli.
Remarks
Melipona crinita Moure & Kerr, as interpreted here, constitutes more than one species. The form that occurs in Panamá and Costa Rica is undescribed.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba), Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco, Xapuri], Amazonas, Rondônia [Nova União, Ouro Preto Do Oeste]), Peru (Loreto, San Martín), Venezuela (Amazonas)
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