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Melipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836

Melipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836:424, xw.Pérou (Musée de M. Serville); 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.:363, Type, probably no longer in existence. - Spinola, 1840Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution). - As Melipona fasciata fuscata:
Melipona scutellaris illota Cockerell, 1919:203, sex not indicated. Holotype, Palcazu, Peru (U.S.N.M., No. 21676, leg. Rosenberg); 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.:363, Type (U. S. National Museum, No. 21676). - 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.:363 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata fuscata Lepeletier, 1836).

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Area distribution map

map of Melipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836

Distribution

BOLBolivia
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
BRABrazil
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1916; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Spinola, 1840; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1916)
PERPeru
 (Lepeletier, 1836; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona scutellaris illota Cockerell, 1919]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Schwarz, 1932 [as Melipona scutellaris illota Cockerell, 1919])

Literature

  • 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.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • 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.
  • Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140.