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Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836

Melipona helvola Klug - Spinola, 1840Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140. (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.:384 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836).
Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836:421, xw.Brésil (Musée de France). - Spinola, 1840Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140.:123 ( listed as synonym of Melipona helvola Klug); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (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); Nates-Parra, 1995Nates-Parra, G. 1995. Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Univ. Valle 3 (2):21-33. (distribution); Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655. (distribution); Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14. (distribution); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution). - As Melipona fasciata rufiventris: - 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).
Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836:421, xw.Amérique méridionale (Musée de M. Serville, leg. M. Richard);Amérique meridionale (Musée de M. Serville, leg. M. Richard). - 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.:383 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836); Nates-Parra, 1995Nates-Parra, G. 1995. Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Univ. Valle 3 (2):21-33. (distribution); Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (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); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution).
Melipona mondury Smith, 1863:505, 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.:388, Type (British Museum). - 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.:384 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution).
Melipona flavolineata Friese, 1900:382 - 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.:384 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836); Nogueira, 2023Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13. (distribution).
Melipona flavolineata nigritula Friese, 1903:360 - 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.:384 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836).

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Area distribution map

map of Melipona rufiventris Lepeletier, 1836

Distribution

BOLBolivia
 (Schwarz, 1932)
BRABrazil
 (Lepeletier, 1836; Spinola, 1840 [as Melipona helvola Klug]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1912; Schwarz, 1932; Imperatriz-Fonseca et al., 2011; Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017; Nogueira, 2023 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836]; Nogueira, 2023 [as Melipona mondury Smith, 1863]; Nogueira, 2023 [as Melipona flavolineata Friese, 1900]; Nogueira, 2023)
COLColombia
 (Nates-Parra, 1995 new; Nates-Parra, 1995 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836]; Nates-Parra, 2001; Nates-Parra, 2001 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836]; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Smith-Pardo, 2003 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836]; Nates-Parra & Rosso-Londoño, 2013 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836])
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Spinola, 1840 [as Melipona helvola Klug]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Pauly et al., 2013 [as Melipona fulva Lepeletier, 1836])
GUYGuyana
 (Bodkin, 1918)
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1916)

Literature

  • 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. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61.
  • 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.
  • Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., I. Alves-dos-Santos, P. Souza Santos-Filho, W. Engels, M. Ramalho, W. Wilms, J.B Vicentin Aguilar, C.A. Pinheiro-Machado, D. Araújo Alves & A. Matos Peixoto Kleinert 2011. Checklist of bees and honey plants from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 11 (1a):631-655.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547.
  • Nates-Parra, G. 1995. Las abejas sin aguijon del genero Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) en Colombia. Bol. Mus. Ent. Univ. Valle 3 (2):21-33.
  • Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248.
  • 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.
  • Nogueira, D.S. 2023. Overview of stingless bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). EntomoBrasilis 16 (e1041):1-13.
  • Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14.
  • 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.
  • 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-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Spinola, M. 1840. Observations sur les Apiaires Méliponides. Annales des sciences naturelles pour la Zoologie ser. 2 (13):113-140.