Melipona (Michmelia) fulva Lepeletier, 1836
Melipona fulva
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [421] .
Type data: holotype MZUT <F> worker.
Type locality: "Amérique méridionale" [according to Moure, 1975: 621, probably from French Guyana], Richard.
Melipona pseudocentris
Cockerell, T. D. A (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [47] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker.
Type locality: "Manaos", near "Kete Purange" farm, Amazonas, Brazil, VIII.1911, Mann & Baker [see Cockerell, 1912: 60].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1975). Notas sobre as espécies de Melipona descritas por Lepeletier em 1836 (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. (Rio de Janeiro) 35 (4): 615-623 [621]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas [Manaus], Pará [Almeirim, Faro, Oriximiná], Roraima [Boa Vista]), French Guiana (Kourou), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Potaro-Siparuni), Suriname, Venezuela (Bolívar)
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