APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Melipona Melipona (Michmelia) (fuliginosa)
Melipona (Michmelia) nitidifrons Benoist, 1933
Melipona nitidifrons
Benoist, R. (1933). Description d’une nouvelle espéce de Mélipone (Hym. Apidae) de la République de l'Équateur. Bulletin de la Societé Entomologique de France 38: 52- [52] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F> worker.
Type locality: El Napo, Ecuador, IX.1931 [probably collected by R. Benoist].
Remarks
Melipona nitidifrons has many features in common with the species in the fuliginosa group and it is here transferred to this species group (G.A.R. Melo, unpubl. data)
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Napo, Pichincha)
References
Moure, J. S. (1992). Melikerria e Eomelipona, dois subgêneros novos em Melipona Illiger, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 32-38 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. [36] (taxonomic note, type locality [!, the type-locality is El Napo, Ecuador, not Rio Baba, Pichincha as mentioned by Moure])
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023