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Melipona (Michmelia) captiosa Moure, 1962
Melipona captiosa Moure, J. S. (1962). Notas sobre meliponas da Hiléia Amazônica (Hym., Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 19: 10-12 [10] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (8) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (5?) , paratype BMNH <F> worker , paratype MZUSP <F> workers (26?) , paratype MNRJ <F> workers (2) , paratype DZUP <F> worker (1) , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Serra do Navio, Amapá, Brasil, 7.II.1962, F. M. Oliveira leg..

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Manaus]), Colombia (Amazonas), Guyana (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Suriname

References

Engel, M. S. & Dingemans-Bakels, F. (1980). Nectar and pollen resources for stingless bees (Meliponinae, Hymenoptera) in Surinam (South America). Apidologie 11 (4): 341-350 [344] (as Melipona captiosa, flower records: Myrcia sylvatica (Myrtaceae))
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 3 (2): 21-33 [23, 24] (as Melipona captiosa, list, geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Nuevos registros para abejas del genero Melipona en Colombia. Tacaya 4: 7-8 [7] (as Melipona captiosa, geographic record)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (as Melipona captiosa, geographic record, altitudinal record, citation)
Nates-Parra, G. & Roubik, D. W. (1990). Sympatry among subspecies of Melipona favosa in Colombia and a taxonomic revision. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 63 (1): 200-203 [200] (as Melipona captiosa, taxonomic note)
Oliveira, M. L. (2001). Stingless bees (Meliponini) and orchid bees (Euglossini) in terra firme tropical forests and forest fragments pp. 208-218 in Bierregaard, Jr., R. O., Gascon, C., Lovejoy, T. E. & Mesquita, R. C. G. (ed.) Lessons from Amazonia. The ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Yale University Press, Smithsonian Institution [210, 213] (as Melipona captiosa, list, geographic record, habitat, nest density)
Oliveira, M. L. (2002). As abelhas sem ferrão na vida dos seringueiros e dos Kaxinawá do alto rio Juruá, Acre, Brasil pp. 615-630 in Cunha, M. C. & Almeida, M. B. (ed.) Enciclopédia da Floresta. O Alto Juruá: Práticas e conhecimentos das populações. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras 735 pp. [628] (as Melipona captiosa, folk name: "jandaíra-menor", honey medicinal uses, nesting site: hollow of tree, nest entrance)
Oliveira, M. L., Morato, E. F. & Garcia, M. V. B. (1995). Diversidade de espécies e densidade de ninhos de abelhas sociais sem ferrão (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) em floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Central. Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (1): 13-24 [16, 18, 19] (as Melipona captiosa, geographic record, habitat, nest density, nesting site: Leguminosae)
Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [342] (Note on type material)
Rêgo, M. M. C. (1992). Morfologia das estruturas genitais de machos na sistemática de Melipona (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera) pp. 73-78 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. [73] (as Melipona captiosa, mimicry - citation)
Rocha, M. P., Cruz, M. P., Fernandes, A., Waldschmidt, A. M., Silva-Junior, J. C. & Pompolo, S. G. (2003). Longitudinal differentiation in Melipona mandacaia (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) chromosomes. Hereditas (Lund) 138: 133-137 [133] (as Melipona captiosa, cytogenetics, heterochromatin, citation)
Rocha, M. P. & Pompolo, S. G. (1998). Karyotypes and heterochromatin variation (C-bands) in Melipona species (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Gen. Mol. Biol. 21 (1): 41-45 [41-45] (as Melipona captiosa, geographic record, chromosomes number (2n=18), heterochromatin, karyotype, figure)
Rocha, M. P., Pompolo, S. G., Dergam, J. A., Fernandes, A. & Campos, L. A. O. (2002). DNA characterization and karyotypic evolution in the bee genus Melipona (Hymenoptera, Meliponini). Hereditas (Lund) 136: 19-27 [19] (as Melipona captiosa, heterochromatin - citation)
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] (as Melipona captiosa, list, geographic range)
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] (as Melipona captiosa, list)
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. [33] (as Melipona captiosa, list, species described by J. S. Moure, type material)

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