Melipona (Michmelia) fuliginosa Lepeletier, 1836
Common Names: "uruçú", "mandury-preto", "erereú-negra", "turuçu", "mel-de-anta", "tapii-ei", "tapiieira", "tapieira"
Melipona fuliginosa
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes- Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 1 1-547 pp. [423] .
Type data: holotype MZUT <F> worker.
Type locality: Cayenne, French Guyana, Doumere [Buquet, according to Moure, 1975 : 621-622].
Melipona flavipennis
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [406-407] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B 1064 <M> male (according to the Moure's personal notes, the specimen labeled as "type" in BMNH, 17B 1064, is a worker from Santarém, Brazil).
Type locality: Pará, Brasil.
Melipona opposita
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 [253] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype MCG <M> male.
Type locality: Cajenna [=Cayenne, French Guyana].
Melipona bomboides
Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les Mellifères Sud- Américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. naturelles de l'Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [58] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: lectotype MHNN <F> worker , paralectotype MHNN <F>workers (2).
Subsequent designation: Rasmussen, C., Mahé, G. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A. (2007). Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 [60] (lectotype designation by C. Rasmussen & J. M. F. Camargo) .
Type locality: Maroni [Maroni river], Guyane Française, legs E. Bar.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 1: 1-18 [15]
Moure, J. S. (1975). Notas sobre as espécies de Melipona descritas por Lepeletier em 1836 (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. (Rio de Janeiro) 35 (4): 615-623 [621]
Rasmussen, C., Mahé, G. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A. (2007). Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423: 59-62
Schulz, W. A. (1904). Hymenopteren Amazoniens. Sitzungsber. König. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Mathem.-physik. Kl 33 (1903): 757-832 [816]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Salta), Bolivia (El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco, Xapuri], Amapá [Santana], Amazonas [Barcelos, Manaus, Novo Airão, Parintins, Tapauá], Bahia [Itaju Do Colônia], Espírito Santo [Domingos Martins, Sooretama], Goiás [Jataí], Maranhão, Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Nossa Senhora Do Livramento, Nova Ubiratã], Pará [Almeirim, Anajás, Belém, Bragança, Santarém, São Francisco Do Pará, Óbidos], Piauí, Rondônia [Costa Marques, Guajará-Mirim, Mirante Da Serra, Nova União, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, São Miguel Do Guaporé], Roraima [Rorainópolis], São Paulo [Rincão]), French Guiana (Cayenne, Kourou), Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Suriname (Marowijne), Venezuela (Amazonas)
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Ramalho, M., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. & Kleinert-Giovannini, A. (1991). Ecologia nutricional de abelhas sociais pp. 225-252 in Panizzi, A. R. & Parra, J. R. P. (ed.) Ecologia nutricional de insetos e suas implicações no manejo de pragas. São Paulo: Editora Manole Ltda. / CNPq 359 pp. [227, 231] (as Melipona flavipennis, body size, foraging)
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Rego, M. M. C. (1992). Revisão do gênero Melipona Illiger, 1806: genitalia e esternos pré-genitais de machos (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera). [dissertation abstract] pp. 382-383 in Soares, A. E. E. & De Jong, D. (ed.) Pesquisas com abelhas no Brasil. Ribeirão Preto: Revista Brasileira de Genética 680 pp. [382, 383] (as Melipona fuliginosa, male genitalia)
Rêgo, M. M. C. (1992). Morfologia das estruturas genitais de machos na sistemática de Melipona (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera) pp. 73-78 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. [74, 76, 77] (as Melipona flavipennis, male genitalia, taxonomic characters, phylogeny)
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Roubik, D. W. (1990). Biogeographical ecology of Melipona (Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 579-580 in Veeresh, G. K., Mallik, B. & Viraktamath, C. A. (ed.) Social insects and the environment: proceedings of the 11th international congress of IUSSI, Bangalore, India. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. xxxi+765 pp. [580] (as Melipona fuliginosa, biogeography, geographic range)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [518] (as Melipona fuliginosa [partim], synonymy, geographic range)
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Roubik, D. W. (1996). African honey bees as exotic pollinators in French Guiana pp. 173-182 in Matheson, A., Buchmann, S. L., O'Toole, C., Westrich, P. & Willams, I. H. (ed.) The conservation of bees. San Diego: Linnean Society of London and the International Bee Research Association 12(s/n) + 254 pp. [180] (as Melipona fuliginosa, flower record: Mimosa pudica (Mimosoideae))
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