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Melipona (Michmelia) cramptoni Cockerell, 1920
Melipona cramptoni Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Some neotropical meliponid bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 459-468 [459] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers (3?) , paratype CAS 15557 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Paiapalu Creek, northern Brazil, 13, 15.VIII.1911, H. E. Crampton & F. E. Lutz [according to Schwarz, 1932: 380: Ireng River to Roraima, Brazil].

Melipona fasciata duidae 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 [379] (junior subjective synonym. The name in the original description by Schwarz (1932: 379) was Melipona fasciata cramptoni variety duidae) .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> workers (6) , paratype CUIC 907 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Middle Camp on way from Esmeraldo [=La Esmeralda] to Mt. Duida, Venezuela, 4-7.XI.1928, G. H. H. Tate.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [389]

Remarks

Although here considered as a valid species, Melipona cramptoni can be only a dark form of Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Roraima [Uiramutã]), Colombia (Meta), Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Venezuela (Amazonas)

References

Camargo, J. M. F. (1994). Biogeografia de Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae): a fauna amazônica pp. 46-59 in Zucchi, R., Drumond, P. M., Fernandes-da-Silva, P. G. & Augusto, S. C. (ed.) Anais do I Encontro Sobre Abelhas. Ribeirão Preto: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo xx+308 pp. [55] (as Melipona cramptoni, taxonomic note)
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 cramptoni, taxonomic note, geographic range, citation)
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 cramptoni, 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 [116, 122] (as Melipona seminigra cramptoni, geographic range, map)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Nuevos registros para abejas del genero Melipona en Colombia. Tacaya 4: 7-8 [8] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata cramptoni, geographic record)
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, 30] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona fasciata cramptoni, list, geographic record, local extinction)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (? uncertain identity, as Mellipona fasciata cramptoni, geographic record, altitudinal record, citation)
Nates Parra, G. & González, V. H. (2000). Las abejas silvestres de Colombia: por qué y cómo conservarlas. Acta Biol. Colomb. 5 (1): 5-37 [21] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona cramptoni, list)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [72] (as Melipona seminigra cramptoni, necrophagy - citation)
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 [243, 349, 353, 378, 379-382, 400, 408] (as Melipona fasciata cramptoni and M. fasciata cramptoni duidae, necrophagy, taxonomic notes, keys, description, geographic records)
Schwarz, H. F. (1940). Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. Am. Mus. Novit. 1078: 1-12 [2] (as Melipona fasciata duidae and M. fasciata cramptoni, geographic records, taxonomic notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [113] (as Melipona fasciata cramptoni, 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 fasciata cramptoni, list)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [131] (as Melipona seminigra cramptoni, taxonomic note, citation)

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