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Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798)

Apis favosa Fabricius, 1798:275,Cajennae strenue mellificans (leg. Bose); 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.:331, The specimen at Oxford labeled Apis favosa may be the type. - As Melipona favosa: - Lepeletier, 1836Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547. (distribution); Curtis et al., 1837Curtis, J., Haliday, A.H. and Walker, F. 1837. Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P.P. King, R.N., F.R.S., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17 (3):315-360. (distribution); Spinola, 1840Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140. (distribution); 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); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Cockerell, 1936Cockerell, T.D.A. 1936. Bees from British Guiana. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44 (3):249-252. (distribution); Nates-Parra, 1983Nates-Parra, G. 1983. Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Revista de Biología Tropical 31 (1):155-158. (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); Nates-Parra et al., 2006Nates-Parra, G., Á. Rodríguez-C. & E.D. Vélez 2006. Abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) en cementerios de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 11 (1):25-35. (distribution); Amat et al., 2007 2007. Libro Rojo de los Invertebrados Terrestres de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Conservación Internacional Colomb, Bogotá:. 1-216. (distribution); Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2012Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934. (distribution); Nates-Parra & Rosso-Londoño, 2013Nates-Parra, G. & J.M. Rosso-Londoño 2013. Diversidad de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) utilizadas en meliponicultura en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 18 (3):415-426. (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); Hook et al., 2014Hook, A.W., J.L. Neff, M.S. Engel & H. Court 2014. The Apoidea (Hymenoptera) Fauna of Little Tobago Island, West Indies. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87 (2):242-244. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution).
Melipona soror Dominique, 1898:58, Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.:60, Lectotype xw (Nantes, drawer 10185). Synonymized with Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798) by Rasmussen et al., 2007Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.:60.
Melipona schausi Cockerell, 1919:195, xw. Holotype xw, Cayenne (French Guiana) (U.S.N.M., No. 21662, leg. William Schaus); 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.:331, Type (National Museum in Washington, No. 21662). - 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.:329 ( listed as synonym of Melipona favosa favosa (Fabricius, 1798)).
Melipona schausi convolvuli Cockerell, 1919:199, xw. Holotype xw, C. Bolivar, Venezuela (U.S.N.M., No. 21670, leg. M. A. Carriker); 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.:331, Type (National Museum in Washington). - 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.:329 ( listed as synonym of Melipona favosa favosa (Fabricius, 1798)).

Common names

  •  Rabipintada

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Area distribution map

map of Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Curtis et al., 1837; Nogueira, 2023)
COLColombia
 (Nates-Parra, 1983; Nates-Parra et al., 2006; Amat et al., 2007; Gonzalez et al., 2012; Nates-Parra & Rosso-Londoño, 2013)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Fabricius, 1798; Lepeletier, 1836; Spinola, 1840; Smith, 1854; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona schausi Cockerell, 1919]; Rasmussen et al., 2007; Rasmussen et al., 2007 [as Melipona soror Dominique, 1898]; Pauly et al., 2013)
GUYGuyana
 (Bodkin, 1918; Cockerell, 1936)
MEXMexico
 (Curtis et al., 1837)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Starr & Hook, 2003; Hook et al., 2014)
VENVenezuela
 (Smith, 1854; Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona schausi convolvuli Cockerell, 1919])

Literature

  • 2007. Libro Rojo de los Invertebrados Terrestres de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Conservación Internacional Colomb, Bogotá:. 1-216.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • 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. 1936. Bees from British Guiana. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44 (3):249-252.
  • Curtis, J., Haliday, A.H. and Walker, F. 1837. Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P.P. King, R.N., F.R.S., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17 (3):315-360.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae, Proft et Storch.
  • Gonzalez, V.H., J.S. Ascher & M.S. Engel 2012. A new Stelis (Dolichostelis) from northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): first records for South America and a synopsis of the bee fauna from the Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 46 (47-48):2919-2934.
  • Hook, A.W., J.L. Neff, M.S. Engel & H. Court 2014. The Apoidea (Hymenoptera) Fauna of Little Tobago Island, West Indies. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87 (2):242-244.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547.
  • Nates-Parra, G. 1983. Abejas de Colombia: I. Lista preliminar de algunas especies de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Revista de Biología Tropical 31 (1):155-158.
  • Nates-Parra, G. & J.M. Rosso-Londoño 2013. Diversidad de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) utilizadas en meliponicultura en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 18 (3):415-426.
  • Nates-Parra, G., Á. Rodríguez-C. & E.D. Vélez 2006. Abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) en cementerios de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 11 (1):25-35.
  • 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.
  • Rasmussen, C., G. Mahé & I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz 2007. Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423:59-62.
  • 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.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140.
  • 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.