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Melipona paraensis Ducke, 1916

Melipona fasciata rufiventris paraensis Ducke, 1916:156 - As Melipona fasciata paraensis: - 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); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (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). - As Melipona paraensis: - 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). - As Melipona scutellaris rufiventris paraensis:
Melipona fasciata panamica Cockerell, 1919:198, xw. Holotype xw, Porto Bello, Panama, February 28, 1911 (U.S.N.M., No. 21666, leg. A. Busck); 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.:395, Type (U. S. National Museum, No. 21666). - 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); 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.:392 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata paraensis Ducke, 1916); 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 paraensis Ducke, 1916); 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). - As Melipona panamica: - 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).
Melipona fasciata barticensis Cockerell, 1919:200, sex not indicated. Holotype, Bartica, British Guiana, May, 1901 (U.S.N.M., No. 21672, 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.:395, Type (U. S. National Museum, No. 21672). - Cockerell, 1918Cockerell, T.D.A. 1918. Bees from British Guiana. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 38:685-690. (distribution); Cockerell, 1920Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. Some neotropical Meliponid bees. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42:459-468. (distribution), 459 (taxonomy); 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.:392 ( listed as synonym of Melipona fasciata paraensis Ducke, 1916); 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 paraensis Ducke, 1916).
Melipona fasciata paraensis guerreronёsis Schwarz, 1936:1, ♂♀. Type material, localities in the state of Guerrero (British Museum, California Academy of Sciences, and American Museum). - Schwarz, 1936Schwarz, H.F. 1936. Further comments on Melipona. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44 (1):1-6. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Melipona paraensis Ducke, 1916

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938; Nogueira, 2023)
COLColombia
 (Nates-Parra, 1995 probably present [as Melipona fasciata panamica Cockerell, 1919]; Nates-Parra, 1995 new; Nates-Parra, 2001; Smith-Pardo, 2003 [as Melipona panamica (Cockerell, 1919)]; Smith-Pardo, 2003; Nates-Parra & Rosso-Londoño, 2013)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Pauly et al., 2013)
GUYGuyana
 (Cockerell, 1918 [as Melipona fasciata barticensis Cockerell, 1919]; Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona fasciata barticensis Cockerell, 1919]; Cockerell, 1920 [as Melipona fasciata barticensis Cockerell, 1919]; Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938; Schwarz, 1940)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Schwarz, 1936 [as Melipona fasciata paraensis guerreroensis Schwarz, 1936])
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Schwarz, 1936 [as Melipona fasciata paraensis guerreroensis Schwarz, 1936])
PANPanama
 (Cockerell, 1919 [as Melipona fasciata panamica Cockerell, 1919]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Melipona fasciata panamica Cockerell, 1919]; Schwarz, 1938; Michener, 1954)
SURSuriname
 (Schwarz, 1932; Schwarz, 1938)

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.
  • 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.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1936. Further comments on Melipona. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44 (1):1-6.
  • 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-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.