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Plebeia fraterna Laroca & Rodriguez-Parilli, 2009
Plebeia fraterna Laroca, S. & Rodriguez-Parilli, S. (2009). Descripción de una nueva especie de Plebeia de los Llanos Centrales de Venezuela (Anthophila, Meliponini). Acta Biol. Paranaense (Curitiba) 37 (3,4): 211-215 [211] .
Type data: holotype URG <F> worker , paratype URG <F> worker , paratype URG <F> worker , paratype URG <F> worker , paratype MZUSP <F> worker , paratype MZUSP <F> worker.
Type locality: San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela, 21.VIII.2007, Col: S. Rodríguez.
Etymology: From Latin, "fraternu", relating to brothers; affectionate, fraternal. Homage to the fraternity among peoples from Latin America as Simón Bolívar dreamed about..

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Venezuela (Guárico)

References

Ramos, K.S., Kawada, R. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2015). Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 55 (24): 335-361 [338] (Note on type material)

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023