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Melipona lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848

Melipona lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848:592,Britisch-Guiana; Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:373 (The specimens of W. F. Erichson were placed in the Zoological Museum in Berlin, including no doubt lateralis). - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Pauly et al., 2013Pauly, A., S.R.M. Pedro, C. Rasmussen & D.W. Roubik 2013. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana. In: Vit, P., S.R.M. Pedro & E.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees. 87-97. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Melipona fasciata lateralis: - Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls. (distribution); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508. (distribution); Schwarz, 1940Schwarz, H.F. 1940. Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. American Museum Novitates 1078:1-12. (distribution).
Melipona scutellaris flavofasciata Ducke, 1916:150, Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:373 (is represented by type material in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, and it is possible that there is type material, too, in other museums). - Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:372 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.:450 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848).
Melipona intermixta Cockerell, 1919:197, xw. Holotype xw, British Guiana, May 27, 1901 (U.S.N.M., No. 21665, leg. R. J. Crew); Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:373, Type (U. S. National Museum, No. 21665). - Cockerell, 1918Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Bees from British Guiana. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 38:685-690. (distribution); Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:372 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.:450 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848).
Melipona lateralis kangarumensis Cockerell, 1920:461, xw. 4 xww, British Guiana. Kangaruma, July 13 (leg. F.E. Lutz). - Cockerell, 1920Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Some neotropical Meliponid bees. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42:459-468. (distribution); Schwarz, 1932Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.:372 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848); Schwarz, 1938Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.:450 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848).

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Area distribution map

map of Melipona lateralis Erichson, in Schomburgk, 1848

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Cockerell, 1920 [as Melipona lateralis kangarumensis Cockerell, 1920]; Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938; Nogueira, 2023)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Pauly et al., 2013)
GUYGuyana
 (Schomburgk, 1848; Smith, 1854; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1918 [as Melipona intermixta Cockerell, 1919]; Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona intermixta Cockerell, 1919]; Cockerell, 1920 [as Melipona lateralis kangarumensis Cockerell, 1920]; Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938; Schwarz, 1940)
SURSuriname
 (Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Starr & Hook, 2003)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Bees from British Guiana. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 38:685-690.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Some neotropical Meliponid bees. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42:459-468.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13.
  • Pauly, A., S.R.M. Pedro, C. Rasmussen & D.W. Roubik 2013. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana. In: Vit, P., S.R.M. Pedro & E.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees. 87-97.
  • Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1932. The genus Melipona. The type genus of the Meliponidae or stingless bees. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63 (4):231-460, 10 pls.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1938. The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 74 (7):437-508.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1940. Additional species and records of stingless bees (Meliponidae) from British Guiana. American Museum Novitates 1078:1-12.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.