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(
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CBE4FD7DC747CCFF" box="[151,346,651,675]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Trigona mellicolor</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CBE4FCA0C702CD37" bold="true" box="[151,287,849,875]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Comments.</emphasis>
The species was described based on material collected between Quito and the 
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River in 
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(
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). Even though 
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Camargo 
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and the MCZ database label the type material as “ 
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”, only a single female worker is recorded in the literature (
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, see also 
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, 
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). There is no indication in the original description of the species that there is more than 
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attributed as type material. Therefore, I assume that the single specimen available in the MCZ database (MCZ 559) corresponds to the 
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(as also suggested in 
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Camargo 
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. 2023
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). Historically, 
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is interpreted as a species widely distributed on the northwestern slope of the Andes, ranging from southern 
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to northern 
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(
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). However, this interpretation is probably incorrect, as the 
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River runs east from the Andes, being a tributary of the Amazonas River. Examining the 
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, it is possible to identify characters used in the diagnosis of 
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by 
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, such as the short fore femur with strongly curved ventral margin. Based on the description and comparisons with the 
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specimens deposited at RPSP (see figure 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8DB9DF5765FFE0CE4FFB48C708CAAB" author="Almeida, E. A. B. &amp; Costa, A. M. &amp; Tavares-Filho, J. A. &amp; Zichinelli, M. M. &amp; Quinteiro, F. B." pageId="13" pageNumber="382" pagination="1 - 204" refId="ref26437" refString="Almeida, E. A. B., Costa, A. M., Tavares-Filho, J. A., Zichinelli, M. M. &amp; Quinteiro, F. B. (2020) Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of insects (Hexapoda) at Colecao Entomologica &quot; Prof. JMF Camargo &quot; (RPSP), Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4842 (1), 1 - 204. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4842.1.1" type="journal article" year="2020">
Almeida 
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2020
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), it becomes clear that 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0C96CFB2FC4ACCAAB" box="[543,689,1245,1272]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">O. huaoranii</emphasis>
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is a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0C8B6FB2FC241CAAB" box="[965,1116,1245,1272]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">O. mellicolor</emphasis>
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. Specimens identified as 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CEF2FB2FC717CB47" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">O. mellicolor</emphasis>
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from the western side of the Andes and Central America, in fact, belong to an undescribed species, which is accounted for below. 
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is, therefore, a species with restricted distribution, only recorded for the humid region of 
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, 
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. I also conclude that the type series of 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CF68FABBC2AFCB3F" box="[1051,1202,1353,1380]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">O. mellicolor</emphasis>
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is not mislabeled as previously suggested by 
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.
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CBB4FA60C75FCBF7" bold="true" box="[199,322,1425,1451]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The species is the only one in the genus with striae on the anterior portion of the propodeum. Besides that, it is characterized by the frons with denser punctation between compound eye and frontal line (
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), interspaces about as long as puncture diameter; absence of long erect setae ventrad ocellar triangle level (
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); antennal sockets separated by one socket diameter (
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; ventral margin of fore femur strongly curved and carinate (
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); and by the broadened marginal cell on forewing (
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). The diagnosis of 
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CE7EF9D3C381C867" box="[1293,1436,1569,1596]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">O. huaoranii</emphasis>
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by 
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can be applied.
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CBB4F998C77CC8DF" bold="true" box="[199,353,1641,1667]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Distribution.</emphasis>
Eastern 
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.
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<emphasis id="B968183C5765FFE0CBB4F97CC7AEC8FB" bold="true" box="[199,435,1677,1703]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Examined material.</emphasis>
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“ 
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: 
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. Est.\La Catolica 
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