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Plebeia julianii Moure, 1962
Common Name: "mirím-preguiça-preta"
Plebeia (Plebeia) julianii Moure, J. S. (1962). Três espécies novas de Plebeia (Plebeia) Schwarz, 1938. (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Paraná 19: 1-9 [6] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (10) , paratype MZUSP <F> workers , paratype MNRJ <F> workers , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, VIII.1960, L. Juliani leg..
Etymology: homage to Luiz Juliani, from Londrina, Paraná.

Remarks

Probably junior synonym of Plebeia nigriceps (Friese, 1901), see Camargo & Moure (1988: 309).

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Paraná [Londrina])

References

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Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Cruz-Landim, C. & Silva de Moraes, R. L. M. (1997). Dwarf gynes in Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Apidae, Meliponinae, Trigonini). Behaviour, exocrine gland morphology and reproductive status. Apidologie 28: 113-122 [114] (as Plebeia juliani [sic], dwarf gynes, citation)
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