Melipona (Melipona) yucatanica Camargo, Moure & Roubik, 1988
Common Names: "ts'ets", "tinzuca"
Melipona yucatanica
Camargo, J. M. F., Moure, J. S. & Roubik, D. W. (1988). Melipona yucatanica new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae); stingless bee dispersal across the Caribbean arc and post-Eocene vicariance. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 64 (2): 147-157 [148] .
Type data: holotype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> workers(2) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (4) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (24) , paratype UNAM <F> workers, <M> male , paratype USNM <F> workers , paratype STRI <F> workers , paratype DZUP <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers.
Type locality: Mérida, Yucatan, México, 16.XII.1980, J. C. Acereto [from nest, transported to Mérida from Baxac, 20 Km SW of Tzucacab, Yucatán].
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Campeche, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Yucatán); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Puntarenas), Guatemala
References
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