Melipona (Meliponiella) carrikeri Cockerell, 1919
Common Names: "colmena-pequena", "cacique"
Melipona marginata carrikeri
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum. - 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [198] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21668 <F> worker.
Type locality: Pozo Azul, Costa Rica, 15.VI.1902, M. A. Carriker.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Guanacaste, San José)
References
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [684, 689] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona marginata, nesting site: tree, nest caracteristics, geographic range)
Kerr, W. E. (1948). Estudos sobre o gênero Melipona. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz" 5 (88): 181-276 + 51 figures [188] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, taxonomic note, geographic range, citation)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [494] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, list, geographic record)
Moure, J. S. (1971). Notas sobre algumas espécies duvidosas de Melipona (Hymenoptera - Apidae). Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 54: 193-201 [196] (as Melipona carrikeri, taxonomic note)
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. [35] (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, 519] (as Melipona marginata micheneri and M. marginata carrikeri, synonymy [?], taxonomic note, geographic range, nest characteristics, behavior, folk names: "colmena pequena", "cacique")
Schwarz, H. F. (1932). The genus Melipona the type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (4): 231-460 [429, 438, 439] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, key, synonymy, redescription, taxonomic notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [1] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, taxonomic note)
Wille, A. (1976). Las abejas jicotes del género Melipona (Apidae: Meliponini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 24 (1): 123-147 [129, 130, 131, 138, 139, 140, 141] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, key, taxonomic note, diagnosis, nest characteristics, geographic range, geographic records, figures: nest, comb)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [53, 60] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, nest population - citation, honey characteristics)
Wille, A. & C. D. Michener (1973). The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 21 (Suplemento 1): 1-278 [16,28,37,51,62,75,257, 260-261,262-263, 265] (as Melipona marginata carrikeri, nesting site: tree cavities, geographic record, habitat, nest characteristics, nest entrance, nest population, honey, figures: nest)
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