Plebeia pulchra Ayala, 1999
Plebeia (Plebeia) pulchra
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [85] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers.
Type locality: Vallarta, 17 km W Pto. Morelos, Quintana Roo, México, 20º50'N, 87º00'W, 6-8.X.1986, T. Griswold.
Etymology: from the Latin, pulchrum: = pretty.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Puebla, 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 [8, 16, 66, 67, 85-87] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) pulchra, list, key, comparative notes, diagnosis, description, geographic records, flower record: Cucurbita sp., geographic range, taxonomic note)
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