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Oxytrigona chocoana Gonzalez & Roubik, 2008

Oxytrigona chocoana Gonzalez, V. H. & Roubik, D. W. (2008). Especies nuevas y filogenia de las abejas de fuego, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 24 (1): 43-71 [49] .
Type data: holotype USNM <F> worker , paratype USNM <M> males (39) (also in PUCE, SEMK, STRI) , paratype whereabouts unknown <M> male (1).
Type locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas, La Sexta, V.1987, R. Colina leg..
Etymology: reference to the Chocó region.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Chocó), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Imbabura)

References

Gonzalez, V. H. & Roubik, D. W. (2008). Especies nuevas y filogenia de las abejas de fuego, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 24 (1): 43-71 [49-51, 64, 66, 67, 68] (diagnosis, description, geographic records, taxonomic notes, phylogeny, taxonomic characters, key, figures: worker, male)

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 Mar/14/2025

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