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Trigonisca mixteca Ayala, 1999

Trigonisca (Trigonisca) mixteca Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [109] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers (?) , paratype SEMK <F> workers (?) , paratype BLCU <F> workers (?).
Type locality: Puerto Angel, 3.3 km N, Oaxaca, México, 80 m., 9.III.1989, SBC, R. Ayala leg..
Etymology: homage to Mixteca culture.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)

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, 107, 109-111, 116] (list, figure: hind tibia, key, comparative notes, synonymy, diagnosis, description, geographic records, geographic range, flower record: Malpighia mexicana, altitudinal records, habitat)
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)

How to cite this page
J. M. F. Camargo, S. R. M. Pedro & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Sep/07/2024

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