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Melipona (Michmelia) seminigra merrillae Cockerell, 1919
Melipona pseudocentris merrillae Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [202] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21675 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers (2) , paratype whereabouts unknown <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Manaos [=Manaus, Amazonas], Brazil, H. B. Merrill.

Distribution

restricted to the north region of Amazon and Negro rivers, between rivers Branco and Uatumã

References

Absy, M. L., Bezerra, E. B. & Kerr, W. E. (1980). Plantas nectaríferas utilizadas por duas espécies de Melipona da Amazônia. Acta Amazonica 10 (2): 271-281 [271, 272, 273, 275, 278, 279, 280, 281] (as Melipona seminigra merrillae and M. seminigra, pollen records: Alternathera sp. (Amaranthaceae), Anacardium occidentale, Tapirira guianensis (Anacardiaceae), Rauwolfia grandiflora (Apocynaceae), Didymopanax morototoni (Araliaceae), Bixa orellana (Bixaceae), Cordia sellowiana (Boraginaceae), Protium heptaphyllum (Burseraceae), Ageratum conyzoides, Melampodium canphoratum, Mikania roraimensis, Vernonia scabra (Compositae), Alchornea discolor, Croton lanjouwensis, Hevea brasiliensis, Mabea nitida (Euphorbiaceae), Casearia arborea (Flacourtiaceae), Clusia aff. nemorosa, Vismia guianensis (Guttiferae), Hyptis brevipes (Labiatae), Cassia reticulata, C. siamea (Caesalpiniaceae), Inga edulis, Mimosa invisa, M. pudica, Stryphnodendron guianensis (Mimosaceae), Aeschynomene sensitiva (Papilionacae), Phthirusa micrantha (Loranthaceae), Byrsonima sp. (Malpighiaceae), Bellucia grossularioides, B. imperialis, Miconia sp. (Melastomataceae), Cecropia sp. (Moraceae), Eugenia sp., Syzygium jambolana (Myrtaceae), Maximiliana martiana (Palmae), Borreria capitata, B. laevis, B. latifolia, Warszewiczia coccinea (Rubiaceae), Talisia sp. (Sapindaceae), Solanum sp. (Solanaceae), Trema micrantha (Ulmaceae), Stachytarpheta cayannensis (Verbenaceae), Leguminosae, Proteaceae)
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