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The identity of the Neotropical stingless bee Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi (Cockerell, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Oliveira, Favizia Urban, Danuncia Engel, Michael S.
Oliveira, Favizia
Urban, Danuncia
Engel, Michael S.
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Abstract
A new study of a surviving syntype of Trigona meadewaldoi Cockerell, 1915, was undertaken and several widely employed names for Neotropical stingless bees recognized as junior synonyms. A lectotype is designated for T. meadewaldoi and the following new synonymies established: Tetragona francoi Moure, 1946, and Trigona (Frieseomelitta) freiremaiai Moure, 1963. These nomenclatural matters are here settled and the species thoroughly characterized in advance of a forthcoming phylogenetic consideration of the genus Frieseomelitta von Ihering, 1912.
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2011-06-22
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Apoidea, Anthophila, Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini, Trigona, Frieseomelitta, Taxonomy
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Oliveira, Favizia; Urban, Danuncia; Engel, Michael S. 2011. The identity of the Neotropical stingless bee Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi (Cockerell, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 111:19-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ZooKeys.111.1345