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Plebeia mexica Ayala, 1999
Plebeia (Plebeia) mexica Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [73] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers.
Type locality: Cuernavaca, 9.6 km E, Morellos, Mexico, 12.IX.1973, W. J. Hanson & B. A. Haws leg..
Etymology: homage to the Mexica people.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos, México, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz-Llave)

References

Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [8, 14, 60, 63, 73-76, 77, 78, 85, 117] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mexica, list, key, comparative notes, diagnosis, description: worker, male, geographic records, geographic range, altitudinal records, figure: male genitalia, flower records: Ambrosia sp., Tripogandra saxicola, Salix sp., Caesalpionia cacalaco, Xanthoxylum sp., habitat)
Vergara, C. & R. Ayala (2002). Diversity, phenology and biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlan de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 75 (1): 16-30 [27] (as Plebeia (Plebeia) mexica, list, geographic record, phenology)

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