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Trigonisca pipioli Ayala, 1999
Common Name: "pipioli"
Trigonisca (Trigonisca) pipioli Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [111] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers (?) , paratype SEMK <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers.
Type locality: Estación de Biología Chamela, Jalisco, México, 25.IX.1985, C. D. Michener.
Etymology: "pipioli" is the folk name in the language Nahuatl from Azteca culture.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatán)

References

Albuquerque, P. M. C. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2007). Espécies novas de Trigonisca Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 51 (2): 160-175 [160] (list)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [8, 15, 19, 98, 107, 109, 111-114, 115] (as Trigonisca (Trigonisca) pipioli, list, figures: hind tibia, forewing, key, comparative notes, synonymy, diagnosis, description, geographic records, geographic range, flower records: Opuntia sp., Malpighia mexicana, Viguiera dentata, folk name: "pipioli")
Schwarz, H. F. (1949). The stingless bees (Meliponidae) of Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 20 (1,2): 357-370 [363, 365] (as Trigona (Hypotrigona) buyssoni, partim, geographic record, key)

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