Proplebeia dominicana (Wille & Chandler, 1964)
Trigona (Liotrigona) dominicana
Wille, A. & Chandler, L. C. (1964). A new stingless bee from the tertiary amber of the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera; Meliponini). Revista de Biologia Tropical 12(2): 187-195 [188] .
Type data: holotype INHS 163.201 <F> worker (Pico Diego de Ocampo near Pedro García, Palo Alto de la Cumbre region, Dominican Republic, amber-bearing formations) , paratype INHS 163.202, 163.203, 163.204 <F> workers (3).
Type locality: Miocene Dominican amber.
Distribution
Fossil taxon
References
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