Scaura argyrea (Cockerell, 1912)
Trigona argyrea
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [313] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23254 <F> worker.
Type locality: Quirigua, Guatemala, W. P. Cockerell leg..
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz-Llave); Neotropical Region: Belize, Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, San José), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Izabal), Honduras (Colón, Cortés), Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone
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