Melipona (Michmelia) brachychaeta Moure, 1950
Common Names: "jandaíra", "erereú-choca"
Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta
Moure, J. S. (1950). Notas sobre alguns Meliponinae bolivianos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (1): 70-80 [80] .
Type data: lectotype DZUP <F> worker , paralectotype DZUP <F> workers (17).
Subsequent designation: Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [34] .
Type locality: Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, VIII.1949, W. E. Kerr.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá])
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 rufiventris flavolineata and M. rufiventris, altitudinal range, non-floral baits)
Brown, J. C. & Albrecht, C. (2001). The effect of tropical deforestation on stingless bees of the genus Melipona (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in central Rondonia, Brazil. J. Biogeogr. 28: 623-634 [623, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 633] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, geographic record, relative abundance, habitat, deforestation influence, folk name: "jandaíra", conservation)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [355] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, geographic record)
Costa, R. G., Tavares, M. G., Dias, L. A. S. & Campos, L. A. O. (2005). Isoenzyme variation in Melipona rufiventris (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponina) in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Biochem. Genetics 43 (1/2): 49-58 [50] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, taxonomic note, citation)
Fernandes-Salomão, T. M., Muro-Abad, J. I., Campos, L. A. O. & Araújo, E. F. (2002). Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA characterization in the Melipona species (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) by RFLP analysis. Hereditas (Lund) 137: 229-233 [230, 231, 232] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona flavolineata, geographic record, DNA, molecular analysis)
Lima, F.V.O. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107 (supl.): 1-14 [8] (Distribution record)
Mercado, N. K. (1968). Contribución al conocimiento de las abejas indígenas (Meloponidae) [sic] de departamento de Santa Cruz. La Paz: Editorial Don Bosco 1-7 pp. [4] (as Melipona rufiventris, list, folk name: "erereú choca", geographic record; as Melipona fasciata cramptoni [error, probably misidentification by Schwarz])
Michener, C. D. & Brooks, R. W. (1984). Comparative study of the glossae of bees (Apoidea). Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst. 22 (1): 1-73 [63] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, list, morphology, glossa)
Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [254] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona brachychaeta, labial palpi)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [125, 127] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, geographic range, taxonomic note, figure: map)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1970). A criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão (Meliponinae). São Paulo: Tecnapis 2nd Edn 1-365 pp. [334] (as Melipona rufiventris, partim: Bolivia, citation of K. Mercado, 1966: 48, folk name: "erereú choca", rearing, colony death)
Serrão, J. E. (2001). A comparative study of the proventricular structure in corbiculate apinae [sic] (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Micron. 32: 379-385 [380] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona flavolineata, morphology, proventriculus, geographic record: Rio Branco, Acre)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [89] (list, geographic range)
Urban, D. (2003). Catálogo das abelhas publicadas por Jesus Santiago Moure pp. 11-43 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [34] (as Melipona rufiventris brachychaeta, list, species described by J. S. Moure, type material, lectotype designation)
Velthuis, H. H. W., Cortopassi Laurino, M., Pereboom, Z. & Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (2003). The conservative egg of the genus Melipona and its consequences for speciation pp. 171-176 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [172, 173, 175] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona rufiventris flavolineata, geographic record, egg: size, volume, shape, figure)
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