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Melipona (Michmelia) mondury Smith, 1863
Common Names: "mondury", "tuiuva", "tujuva", "tujuba", "monduri", "mondiri"
Melipona mondury Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [505] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1069 <F> worker , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (9).
Subsequent designation: 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 [389] (by inference: Schwarz referred to the specimen deposited in BMNH as the "type") .
Type locality: Brazil [probably from southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, eastern Minas Gerais].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Itaju Do Colônia, Porto Seguro, Prado], Espírito Santo [Anchieta, Barra De São Francisco, Cariacica, Colatina, Conceição Da Barra, Domingos Martins, Guarapari, Itarana, Linhares, Santa Leopoldina, Santa Teresa, São Domingos Do Norte, São Mateus, São Roque Do Canaã, Viana], Minas Gerais [Barbacena, Ipanema, Marliéria, Matipó, Minas Novas], Paraná [Matinhos], Rio de Janeiro [Angra Dos Reis, Itatiaia, Niterói, Nova Iguaçu, Rio De Janeiro, Santa Maria Madalena], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Corupá, Itajaí, Joinville, Pomerode], São Paulo [Monte Alegre Do Sul, Salesópolis, São Paulo, São Sebastião, Ubatuba])

References

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Gonçalves, R.B., Santos, E.F. & Scott-Santos, C.F. (2012). Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae s.l.) captured with Malaise and pan traps along an altitudinal gradient in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Check List 8 (1): 053-056 [55] (Distribution record, as Melipona rufiventris)
Kerr, W. E. & Lello, E. (1962). Sting glands in stingless bees - a vestigial character (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 70: 190-214 [191, 206] (as Melipona (Melipona) rufiventris, geographic record, vestigial sting gland)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [68-69] (as Melipona rufiventris, partim: Rio de Janeiro, folk names: "tuiuva", "tujuva", "tujuba", synonymy)
Melo, G. A. R. (1996). Notes on the nesting biology of Melipona capixaba (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69 (2): 207-210 [208] (as Melipona rufiventris, geographic records)
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Müller, F. (1875). Poey's Beobachtungen über die Naturgeschichte der Honigbiene von Cuba, Melipona fulvipes, Guér. Zool. Garten 16 (8): 291-297 [296] (as Melipona Mondury [sic], resin collecting)
Müller, F. (1921). [articles] pp. 150-418 in Möller, A. (ed.) Fritz Müller - Werke, Briefe und Leben. (gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. Alfred Möller). Vol. 2 Briefe und noch nicht veröffentlichte Abhandlungen aus dem Nachlass 1854-1897. Vol. 2. Jena: Verlag Gustav Fischer 418 pp., 239 figures + 4 plates pp. [211, 232, 240, 246, 258, 259, 260, 261, 266, 298, 305, 306,] (311, 317, 320, 418; as Melipona Mondury [sic], mud collecting, folk names: "monduri", "mondiri", "mondury", etymology, flower records: Solanum ssp., Solanum commersonii, Trianospermum, Baccharis, Cordiam Psidium pomiferum, Myrtaceae, comparative notes, odor, wax, nest characteristics, nest entrance, resin collecting: Myristica Bicuyba, wing venation, key, hind tibia, pollinarium, castes)
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Moure, J. S. (1944). Abelhas de Monte Alegre (Est. S. Paulo) (Hym. - Apoidea). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 6 (10): 103-126 [103] (as Melipona fasciata rufiventris, geographic record, altitudinal record, taxonomic notes)
Moure, J. S. (1950). Notas sobre alguns Meliponinae bolivianos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (1): 70-80 [80] (as Melipona rufiventris mondury, taxonomic note)
Moure, J. S. & W. E. Kerr (1950). Sugestões para a modificação da sistemática do gênero Melipona (Hymen.- Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (2): 105-129 [126] (as Melipona rufiventris mondury, taxomic note, geographic records)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1966). Fritz Müller e as abelhas brasileiras. Ciência e Cultura 18 (4): 379-381 [381] (as Melipona rufiventris, synonymy [error], folk names: "mondiri", "mondori", citation)
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Nogueira-Neto, P. (1997). Vida e criação de abelhas indígenas sem ferrão. São Paulo: Editora Nogueirapis 1-446 pp. [49, 225] (as Melipona rufiventris mondory and M. rufiventris mondury, batume, oviposition)
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Peckolt, T. (1893). Ueber brasilianische Bienen. Natur 42: 579-581 [579] (as Melipona Mondury [sic], folk name: "mondury")
Peckolt, T. (1894). Ueber brasilianische Bienen. Natur 43: 87-91, 223-225, 233-234 [234] (as Melipona Mondury [sic], honey pots)
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 [384, 386, 388, 389, 392] (as Melipona fasciata rufiventris, partim: Melipona mondury, citation of Smith, 1854, synonymy, taxonomic notes, notes on type, geographic record)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [27, 35] (as Melipona mondury, taxonomic note, nest characteristics, queen, swarming, citation)
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [505, 506, 512] (as Melipona mondury, description, taxonomic notes, figure: plate 20, figure 3)
Tietz, A.L. & Mouga, D.M.D.S. (2019). Fatores abióticos e atividade externa de Melipona (Michmelia) mondury Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) em Santa Catarina. Acta Biol. Catarinense 6 (4): 119-147 (Distribution record)

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