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Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz, 1938)
Common Names: "yatei", "yatai", "yateí", "jateí", "abelhas-ouro", "jataí-do-sul"
Trigona (Tetragona) jaty fiebrigi Schwarz, H. F. (1938). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of British Guiana and some related forms. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 74: 437-508 [469] .
Type data: holotype USNM 53065 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers , paratype ANSP <F> workers , paratype CUIC 2808 <F> workers (9) , paratype AMNH <F> workers , paratype BMNH <F> worker (1).
Type locality: San Bernardino, Paraguay, K. Fiebrig.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones, Tucumán), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cuiabá], Mato Grosso do Sul [Aquidauana, Campo Grande, Corumbá, Ivinhema], Paraná [Curitiba, Guarapuava], Rio Grande do Sul [Guarani Das Missões, Planalto, Porto Alegre, São Leopoldo, Uruguaiana, Viamão], Santa Catarina [Herval DOeste], São Paulo [Itapura, Pereira Barreto]), Paraguay (Cordillera, Misiones)

References

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