Frieseomelitta nigra (Cresson, 1878)
Common Names: "xiic", "xik", "sak-xik'", "xik-kab", "ala-blanca"
Trigona nigra
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-182 [181] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2174 <F> worker.
Type locality: México.
Melipona cressoni
Dalla Torre C. G. de (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum; Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Leipzig: Engelmann Vol. 10 viii+1–643 pp. [577] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Trigona nigra Cresson, 1878) .
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Yucatán); Neotropical Region: Belize, Costa Rica (Guanacaste)
References
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