Melipona (Meliponiella) bradleyi Schwarz, 1932
Melipona marginata bradleyi
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 [439] .
Type data: holotype CUIC 904 <F> worker.
Type locality: between La Chorrera and La Sombra, Putumayo District, Loreto, Peru [presently in Colombia], 21.VIII.1920, Cornell University Expedition.
Etymology: honor of Professor J. Chester Bradley.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Roraima [Amajari]), Colombia (Amazonas), Guyana (Upper Demerara-Berbice), Peru (Loreto), Venezuela (Amazonas)
References
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus.Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8 (28, 29): 67-75 [70] (as Melipona marginata bradleyi, list)
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)
Nates-Parra, G. (2001). Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3): 233-248 [238] (as Melipona bradleyi, geographic range, altitudinal record)
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, 439-440, 441, 444] (as Melipona marginata bradleyi, key, description, geographic record, taxonomic notes)
Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [449] (as Melipona marginata bradleyi, geographic records, 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 bradleyi, taxonomic notes)
Silveira, F. A., G. A. R. Melo & E. A. B. Almeida (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [89] (list, geographic range)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023