Tetragona ziegleri (Friese, 1900)
Common Name: "miel-de-leche"
Trigona ziegleri
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [391] .
Type data: lectotype HNHM 686/1 <F> worker , paralectotype HNHM 686/1 <F> worker (1) , paralectotype HNHM 539/187 <F> worker (1) , paralectotype ZMB <F> workers.
Subsequent designation: Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [512] (lectotype designated by Claus Rasmussen in 27.III.2006) .
Type locality: Panama.
Etymology: homage to Prof. H. E. Ziegler.
Remarks
Obs.: Type-specimens from Amazonas and Para - Brazil were not examined and probably are different species
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Colombia (Magdalena), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas), Honduras (Cortés), Panama (Colón, Darién, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone, Venezuela (Mérida)
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