Plebeia jatiformis (Cockerell, 1912)
Common Name: "serenita"
Trigona jatiformis
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of Bees- XLVI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 311-320 [311] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23258 <F> worker , paratype USNM <F> workers (2) (probably in USNM) , paratype AMNH <F> worker (1) , paratype MCZ 25575 <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Quirigua, Guatemala, W. P. Cockerell.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatán); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Cartago, Puntarenas), Guatemala (Izabal), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón), Panama Canal Zone
References
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Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023