Melipona (Eomelipona) bicolor schencki Gribodo, 1893
Common Names: "eira-aviyú", "eirû", "guarupú", "guaraipo", "guaráipo", "pé-de-pau"
Melipona hirtella
Spinola, M. (1840). Observationes sur les apiaires meliponides. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 13: 116-140 [124] (nom. nud. from Brazil, Dalla Torre, 1896: 579. According to Moure's personal notes the material identified as Melipona hirtella in the Spinolla collection (MZUT), from Curitiba, is Melipona bicolor schencki Gribodo) .
Melipona coyrepu
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [42, 43, 45, 47, 49] (nom. nud. see also Müller, F., 1875: 291-297; Schwarz, 1932: 427) .
Melipona cuculina
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [49] (nom. nud.) .
Melipona gurupina
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [50] (nom. nud. see also Schwarz, 1932: 427) .
Melipona gurupu
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [42, 43, 47, 50] (nom. nud., see also Müller, F., 1875: 291-297; Schwarz, 1932: 427) .
Melipona schencki
Gribodo, G. (1893). Note imenotterologiche. Nota. II. Nuovi generi e nuove specie di Imenotteri Antofili ed osservazioni sopra alcune specie giá conosciute. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 25: 248-287 [255] .
Type data: holotype MCG <F> worker.
Type locality: Brasil [probably from Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil, according to Moure, 1960: 16].
Etymology: homage to Dottore Schenck.
Melipona picadensis
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [554] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype ZMB <F> worker.
Type locality: Picada, Salto Yguazu, Paraguay, 15.I.1904, J. D. Anisits leg..
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 1: 1-18 [16]
References
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Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [255] (as Melipona coyrepú, M. gurupú, parasites: M. cuculina,M. gurupina, citation - virgin queens of M. coyrepú and M. gurupú, interpreted as parasites by F. Müller [probably all names refers to M. schencki picadensis, according to Schwarz, 1932:425, 427])
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Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [187, 192, 193, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 208, 218, 234, 239,] (249, 251, 272, 273; as Melipona schenki schenki, and M. schenki picadensis, geographic range, oviposition, parasite: Phoridae, male, female reproductive organs, meiosis, chromosomes number (n=9, 2n=18), queen percentage, caste determination, food storage, figures: 11- ovary, 21, 27 - spermatogenesis; as M. cuculina and M. coyrepú [sic], queen - citation)
Kerr, W. E. (1951). Bases para o estudo da genética de populações dos Hymenoptera em geral e dos Apinae sociais em particular. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 8: 219-354 [276, 278, 288, 289] (as Melipona schenki, oviposition, geographic range, geographic records, caste determination, chromosomes number (n=9, 2n=18))
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Kerr, W. E. (1959). Bionomy of meliponids - VI - aspects of food gathering and processing in some stingless bees pp. 24-31 in Morse, R. A. (ed.) Symposium on Food Gathering Behavior of Hymenoptera - 7th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Cornell: Cornell University 33 pp. [28] (as Melipona schencki schencki, honey composition: water percentage)
Kerr, W. E., Carvalho, G. A., Nascimento, V. A. (1996). Manejo de meliponíneos pp. 71-89 in Kerr, W. E., Carvalho, G. A. & Nascimento, V. A. (ed.) Abelha Uruçu. Biologia, Manejo e Conservação. Belo Horizonte: Fundação Acangaú 144 pp. [75] (as Melipona bicolor, rearing)
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Laroca, S. & M. C. Almeida (1994). O relicto de cerrado de Jaguariaíva, (Paraná, Brasil): I. padrões biogeográficos, melissocenoses e flora melissófila. Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 23 (1,2,3,4): 89-101 [101] (as Melipona schencki picadensis, habitat, citation)
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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 [295, 296] (as Melipona Gurupú [sic] and Melipona Coyrepú [sic], nest entrance, 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. [213, 220, 222, 232, 235, 236, 239, 240, 246, 253,] (258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 265, 266, 267, 278, 298, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 311, 320; as Gurupu, cuculina [virgin queen], partim, Gurupina [virgin queen], Melipona Coyrepu, and Melipona "coucou" , folk names: gurupú, cuculina, gurupina, coeyrupu, flower records: Trianosperma (Cucurbitaceae), Solanum, Cordia, Psidium pomiferum, Trianospermum Vitex [sic], Cassia neglecta, nesting site: tree hollow: "Canella preta", rearing, attack: Trigona limão [probably = Lestrimelitta sulina], wax secretion, mud collecting, comb, diagnosis, cell construction, nectar foraging, nest entrance, resin collecting: Myristica Bicuyba, synonymy, parasites [=virgin queens], wing venation, key)
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Naves da Silva, D. L. (1977). Estudos bionômicos em colônias mistas de Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo 2: 7-106 [9, 10, 12, 16,17,22, 23,24,25, 26, 57, 68,69, 80,86,91,93] (as Melipona nigra schencki, geographic record, mixed colonies, oviposition, behavior, cell construction, cell provisioning, operculation, royal court, queen ratios, worker oviposition, male production)
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