Leurotrigona muelleri (Friese, 1900)
Common Names: "mirim", "lambe-olhos"
Melipona lilliput
Müller, F. (1874). The habits of various insects. Nature (Lond.) 10: 102-103 [103] (nom. nud.) .
Trigona muelleri
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [386] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F> worker.
Type locality: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Virgil leg..
Etymology: homage to Prof. Herm. Mueller.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Alagoas [Quebrangulo], Bahia [Boninal, Lençóis], Ceará [Guaramiranga], Espírito Santo, Goiás [Aragarças], Maranhão [Alcântara], Mato Grosso [Barra Do Garças, Cáceres, Nova Mutum, Nova Xavantina, Porto Estrela], Mato Grosso do Sul [Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Bonfinópolis De Minas, Itamogi, Ituiutaba, Lontra, Paraopeba, Passos, Pedras De Maria Da Cruz, Ponte Nova, Santana Do Riacho, Turmalina, Uberlândia, Vargem Bonita], Paraná [Foz Do Iguaçu, Guaíra, Londrina, Morretes, Prudentópolis], Paraíba [Mamanguape], Rio de Janeiro [Santa Maria Madalena], Rondônia [Buritis, Campo Novo De Rondônia, Cujubim, Guajará-Mirim, Nova Mamoré, Ouro Preto Do Oeste], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Campo Alegre, Corupá], São Paulo [Avanhandava, Batatais, Botucatu, Corumbataí, Franca, Itanhaém, Juquiá, Luís Antônio, Pedregulho, Piracicaba, Ribeirão Preto, Serra Negra, Teodoro Sampaio], Tocantins [Itacajá]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná), Peru (Madre de Dios)
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