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Plebeia tobagoensis Melo, 2003
Plebeia tobagoensis Melo, G. A. R. (2003). Notas sobre meliponíneos neotropicais, com a descrição de três novas espécies (Hymenoptera, Apidae) pp. 85-91 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: Editora UNESC 320 pp. [88] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> worker (7) , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1) , paratype SEMK <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Scarborough, Tobago, West Indians, 5.IX.2001, F. J, A. J. Meeuwsen leg., ex: nest.
Etymology: referrent to the country of origin, Tobago.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Trinidad and Tobago

References

Bijlsma, L., Bruijn, L. L. M., Martens, E. P. & Sommeijer, M. J. (2006). Water content of stingless bee honeys (Apidae, Meliponini): interspecific variation and comparison with honey of Apis mellifera. Apidologie 37: 480-486 [481, 482, 483, 484, 485] (geographic record, nest population, honey composition, water content, food volume)
Hofstede, F. E. & Sommeijer, M. J. (2006). Effect of food availability on individual foraging specialisation in the stingless bee Plebeia tobagoensis (Hymenoptera, Meliponini). Apidologie 37: 387-397 [387-397] (behavior, task specialisation, foraging, greenhouse experiments, nest population)
Hofstede, F. E. & Sommeijer, M. J. (2006). Influence of environmental and colony factors on the initial commodity choice of foragers of the stingless bee Plebeia tobagoensis (Hymenoptera, Meliponini). Insectes Soc. 53: 258-264 [258-264] (foraging behavior, greenhouse experiments)

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