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Trigonisca maya Ayala, 1999
Trigonisca (Trigonisca) maya Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [107] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers.
Type locality: Felipo Carrillo Puerto, 25 km W, Quintana Roo, México, 13.X.1986, R. Ayala.
Etymology: homage to Maya culture.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Quintana Roo, 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, 114] (list, figures: hind tibia, fore wing, key, synonymy, diagnosis, description, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, flower record: Viguera dentata)
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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