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Plebeia molesta (Puls, in Strobel, 1868)
Melipona molesta Puls, J. C. (1868). Quelques insectes hyménoptères, recueillis par M. P. Strobel dans la Républic Argentine. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 11: 257-257 [257] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F> worker(s?) (type(s?) probably lost).
Type locality: San Luis, Argentina, XII, Strobel.

Trigona nitidula Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [126] (junior subjective synonym) .
Type data: holotype USNM 23163 <M> male , paratype USNM <M> males (?).
Type locality: Tucuman, Argentina, 26.XII.1912, A. H. Rosenfeld & T. C. Barber leg..

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2007). Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836 pp. 272-578 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv + 1058 pp. [463] (synonymy from Moure file)

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (La Rioja, Salta, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán)

References

Bertoni, A. W. (1911). Contribución á la biologia de las avispas y abejas del Paraguay (Hymenoptera). An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 97-146 [145] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona molesta, nest size, nesting site: small cavities)
Brèthes, J. (1920). Insectes du Pérou. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 89: 27-54 [54] (as Trigona molesta, list, geographic record [error, Lima, Peru - see Camargo & Pedro, 2005: 78])
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [359] (taxonomic note [specimens determined by Ducke as Trigona molesta from Pará - Brazil, Bolívia and Peru are not Plebeia molesta])
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2005). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Dolichotrigona Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 49 (1): 69-92 [78] (geographic record [error, Lima, Peru], citation)
Cockerell, T. D. A (1917). New social bees. Psyche 24: 120-128 [126] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona molesta [error, Plebeia molesta does not occur in Blumenau and São Paulo, probably = Plebeia remota (Holmberg)], taxonomic note, geographic records; ? uncertain identity, as Trigona nitidula, description, diagnosis, geographic record)
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [581] (as Melipona molesta, list)
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [98] (as Melipona mosquito molesta, partim: Argentina)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [396-397] (as Melipona mosquito molesta, partim: Argentina)
Friese, H. (1900). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Melipona Ill. Und Trigona Jur. Természetr. Füz. 23: 381-394 [392] (as Trigona molesta, comparative note)
Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Viaje á Misiones. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba 10: 252-288 [288] (as Trigona ? molesta [*from Moure file])
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, 380-381] (as Trigona molesta, partim: San Luis Argentina, diagnosis, geographic record, etymology, behavior, taxonomic notes, comparative notes)
Lutz, F. E. (1924). Some characters of American Meliponidae pp. 202-232 in Lutz, F. E. Apparently non-selective characters and combinations of characters, including a study of ultraviolet in relation to the flower visiting habits of insects. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 29: 181–283 [205, 210, 214, 220] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona molesta, taxonomic characters, mouth parts, tibia)
Puls, J. C. (1869). Descriptions of two new species of Hymenoptera from the Argentine Republique. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 4: 295-295 [295] (as Melipona molesta, redescription, nesting site: in woods of small trees, behavior, type locality)
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los Himenópteros Argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [269] (as Trigona molesta, list geographic records)

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