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Melipona fuscata  Lepeletier, 1836
Taxonomic Serial No.: 763852

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyApidae  – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees  
                                              SubfamilyApinae   
                                                 TribeMeliponini   
                                                    GenusMelipona Illiger, 1806  
                                                       SpeciesMelipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical..., website (version 03July2012)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Moure, J. S., Urban, D., and G. A. R. Melo (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Available online at http://moure.cria.org.br/catalogue   
  Reference for: Melipona fuscata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cockerell, T. D. A.  
  Publication Date: 1920   
  Article/Chapter Title: Bees in the Collection of the United States National Museum-3   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 55, no. 2264   
  Page(s): 167-221   
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  Notes: Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600351   
  Reference for: Melipona fuscata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Amedée  
  Publication Date: 1836   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 1-547   
  Publisher: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret   
  Publication Place: Paris   
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  Notes: Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10927989   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: In Moure et al. 2010 (Bee Catalogue, online), there is a remark that "the description of Melipona fuscata Lepeletier, 1836 is applicable to Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier, 1836"  
 

 

    

 
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