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Plebeia melanica Ayala, 1999
Plebeia (Plebeia) melanica Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [70] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers.
Type locality: Comitán, 20.8 km NW, Chiapas, México, 3.III.1953, C. C. Bechtel & E. I. Schinger [sic = Schlinger].
Etymology: from the Greek, melanus.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz-Llave)

References

Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 14, 63, 65, 69, 70-73, 78, 88] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) melanica, and Plebeia melanipes [sic, lapsus calami], list, key, comparative notes, diagnosis, description: worker, male, geographic records, altitudinal records, geographic range, flower records: Chrysothamnus sp., Compositae, Baccharis glutinosa)

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Last update : 17 Jul 2023