Melipona (Michmelia) illota Cockerell, 1919
Common Names: "abeja-negra", "ronsapilla"
Melipona scutellaris illota
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [203] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21676.
Type locality: Palcazu, Peru, Rosenberg.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Napo), Peru (Loreto, Pasco, San Martín)
References
Baumgartner, D. L. & Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology of Necrophilous and Filth-Gathering Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) of Peru. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62 (1): 11-22 [15, 16] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fuscata, non-floral baits, altitudinal range, season, asynanthropy; ? uncertain identity, as Melipona aff. melanoventer, non-floral baits, altitudinal range, season, asynanthropy)
Coloma, L. (1988). Descripcion del nido de Melipona nebulosa Camargo, 1986 [sic]. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Biólogos 2: 4-10 [4-10] (as Melipona nebulosa, geographic records, habitat, nesting site: tree cavity: Cordia allodora, nest characteristics, nest entrance, figures: nest)
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] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fuscata, habitat - citation)
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [70] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata fuscata, 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 (Michmelia) fuscata, taxonomic characters)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [109, 115, 117] (as Melipona fuscata fuscata, taxonomic notes, geographic range, figure: map, diagnosis, geographic records)
Rasmussen, C. (2003). Brodloese honningbier i Peru. Naturens Verden 86 (9): 14-25 [20, 22] (as Melipona illota, geographic record, rearing, figure: nest)
Rasmussen, C. & Castillo, P. S. (2003). Estudio preliminar de la Meliponicultura o apicultura silvestre en el Perú (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Revista Peruana de Entomologia 43: 159-164 [161-162] (as Melipona cf. illota, folk name: "abeja-negra", "ronsapilla", geographic record, nest characteristics, nesting site: tree trunk, rearing, honey, enemies: ant: "sitaracuy" (Ponerinae))
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [520] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fuscata [Peru], taxonomic note)
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, 351, 355, 363-365, 366, 371, 399,405, 426] (as Melipona fasciata fuscata, partim: Peru, synonymy [partim], taxonomic character, key, taxonomic notes, geographic records, note on the type of Melipona illota)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata fuscata, hamuli)
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