Trigona nigerrima Cresson, 1878
Common Names: "zagaño", "enredapelos", "morroco", "joloncán"
Trigona nigerrima
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-182 [181] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 2173 <F> worker.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz-Llave); Neotropical Region: Belize, Colombia (Chocó, Santander, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Limón, Puntarenas, San José), Ecuador, Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Izabal, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa, Suchitepéquez), Honduras (Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Olancho, Valle), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone
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