Melipona (Meliponiella) micheneri Schwarz, 1951
Common Names: "colmena-pequeña", "cacique"
Melipona marginata micheneri
Schwarz, H. F. (1951). New stingless bees (Meliponidae) from Panama and the Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 1505: 1-16 [1] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F> worker , paratype AMNH <F> worker.
Type locality: Barro Colorado, Canal Zone, Panama, 9.II.1936, W. J. Gertsch.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Panama (Colón), Panama Canal Zone
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [5] (as Melipona marginata micheneri, list, types examined)
Bruijn, L. L. M. & Sommeijer, M. J. (1997). Colony foraging in different species of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponinae) and the regulation of individual nectar foraging. Insectes Soc. 44: 35-47 [44] (as Melipona marginata, pollen foraging, citation)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [165] (as Melipona marginata micheneri, 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 micheneri, 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)
Nates-Parra, G. (1995). Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Valle 3 (2): 21-33 [24] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona marginata micheneri, list)
Pierrot, L. M. & Schlindwein, C. (2003). Variation in daily flight activity and foraging patterns of uruçu - Melipona scutellaris Latreille (Apidae, Meliponini). Rev. Bras. Zool. 20 (4): 565-571 [569] (as Melipona marginata, daily flights - citation)
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] (as Melipona micheneri, male genitalia)
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [331, 336, 340, 346, 350, 352] (as Melipona marginata micheneri and M. marginata, nest entrance, nesting site: tree cavities, geographic records, nest characteristics, nest population, honey, sugar concentration, nest density)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [60, 68, 132, 295, 416] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona marginata, artificial baits, sucrose solution, foraging, pollen, nectar, citation, male behavior, honey dehydration, figures [page 60, error, probably changed with Allodape mucronata])
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. [498, 505, 518, 519, 523] (as Melipona marginata micheneri, key, figure: tibia, synonymy, diagnosis, taxonomic notes, nesting site: living tree, nest entrance, defense behavior, folk name: "colmena pequeña", "cacique")
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [548] (as Melipona micheneri, geographic range, nest density)
Roubik, D. W. & Buchmann, S. L. (1984). Nectar selection by Melipona and Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the ecology of the nectar intake by bee colonies in a tropical forest. Oecologia (Berl.) 61: 1-10 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9] (as Melipona marginata micheneri and M. marginata, nest population, foraging, pollen, resin, mud, nectar, sugar concentration, flower record: Hybanthus prunifolius, behavior)
Roubik, D. W., Enrique Moreno, J., Vergara, C. & Wittmann, D. (1986). Sporadic food competition with the African honey bee: projected impact on neotropical social bees. J. Trop. Ecol. 2: 97-111 [99, 101,103] (as Melipona marginata micheneri, geographic record, nectar foraging, volume)
Roubik, D. W., Yanega, D., Aluja S., M., Buchmann, S. L. & Inouye, D. W. (1995). On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 26: 197-211 [199, 200] (as Melipona micheneri, taxonomic note, nectar foraging, body size)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [243] (as Melipona micheneri, colony not raided by Lestrimelitta)
Smith-Pardo, A. H. (2003). A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76 (2): 335-341 [338] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona marginata micheneri, list)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [62] (? uncertain identity, as Melipona marginata, behavior, defense behavior, skatol secretion)
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