Plebeia remota (Holmberg, 1903)
Common Names: "abelha-preguiçosa", "preguiçosa"
Trigona pigra
Müller, F. (1875). Poey's Beobachtungen über die Naturgeschichte der Honigbiene von Cuba, Melipona fulvipes, Guér. Zool. Garten 16 (8): 291-297 [295, 296] (nom. nud.) .
Etymology: from the Latin, piger, pigritiosus, lazy, slow.
Trigona remota
Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus. Hymenopterorum Argentinorum et quorumdam exoticorum observationes synonimicas, addendas, novorumque generum specierumque descriptiones contines. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [379] .
Type data: holotype MACN <F> worker.
Type locality: São Paulo, Brazil, H. von Ihering leg..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (Espírito Santo [Santa Teresa], Minas Gerais [Viçosa], Paraná [Boa Vista Da Aparecida, Curitiba, Lapa, Londrina, Morretes, Paranaguá, Prudentópolis], Rio Grande do Sul [Barão De Cotegipe, Bento Gonçalves, Cambará Do Sul, Canela, Canguçu, Farroupilha, Feliz, General Câmara, Gramado, Osório, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Riozinho, São Francisco De Paula, São Lourenço Do Sul, Taquari, Vacaria], Rio de Janeiro [Nova Iguaçu], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Campo Alegre, Florianópolis, Joinville, Mafra, Rio Negrinho, São Bento Do Sul, São Francisco Do Sul, Três Barras], São Paulo [Cajuru, Cunha, Jundiaí, Peruíbe, Ribeirão Preto, Salesópolis, Santos, São Paulo, Ubatuba])
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