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Melipona (Michmelia) rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836
Common Names: "tujuba", "tuiuva", "tujuva"
Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [421] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F> worker , paralectotype MNHP <F> workers (2).
Subsequent designation: 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 [618] .
Type locality: "Du nord de la Capite. de St. Paul" [northern São Paulo, Brazil].

Melipona helvola Spinola, M. (1840). Observationes sur les apiaires meliponides. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 13: 116-140 [123] (nom. nud. [partim, specimens from Brazil, synonymy]) .

Remarks

The name Melipona rufiventris has been misapplied to other species of the rufiventris group. The species has its distribution restricted to the upper basin of the Paraná river, from western Minas Gerais and São Paulo, southern Goiás and eastern Mato Grosso do Sul.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Goiás [Caçu, Goiás, Goiânia, Luziânia], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bataguassu, Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Araxá, Arcos, Bambuí, Campo Do Meio, Cássia, Córrego Danta, Formiga, Guimarânia, Ibiá, Iguatama, Lagoa Da Prata, Patos De Minas, Patrocínio, Perdizes, Tapiraí, Uberaba, Uberlândia], São Paulo [Luís Antônio, Ribeirão Preto])

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