Trigonisca azteca Ayala, 1999
Trigonisca (Trigonisca) azteca
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [105] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers.
Type locality: Taxco, Cañon de la Mano Negra, a 2 km del Naranjo, Gerrero, Mexico, 18.VIII.1982, A. Luis leg., selva baja caducifolia.
Etymology: homage to Azteca culture.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos, México, Puebla)
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, 105-107, 117] (as Trigonisca (Trigonisca) azteca, list, figure: hind tibia, key, synonymy, diagnosis, description, etymology, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, taxonomic notes, 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)
Vergara, C. & R. Ayala (2002). Diversity, phenology and biogeography of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Zapotitlan de las Salinas, Puebla, Mexico. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 75 (1): 16-30 [27] (list, geographic record)
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