Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier, 1836)
Common Names: "manvel-d'abreu", "mehnodjành"
Melipona varia
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [433] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F> worker (holotype examined by Moure in 17.IV.1958, <I>in litt.</I>).
Type locality: "Nord de la Capt. St. Paul" [São Paulo], Brazil.
Trigona longipes
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 [511] (junior homonym of Trigona longipes Smith, 1854) .
Melipona longicrus
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [580] (nom. nov. for Trigona longipes Smith, 1863, non Smith, 1854) .
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [296]
Remarks
The name Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) has been applied to several undescribed species.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Bahia [Casa Nova, Lençóis], Ceará [Guaramiranga, Mulungu], Goiás [Goiás, Luziânia], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cuiabá, Juína], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Januária, Paraopeba, Pirapora, Uberlândia], Pernambuco [Caetés, Paranatama, Pedra, Venturosa], São Paulo [Avanhandava, Cajuru, Campinas, Corumbataí, Cosmópolis, Franca, Onda Verde, Ribeirão Preto, São Simão], Tocantins)
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