Nannotrigona perilampoides (Cresson, 1878)
Common Names: "bo'ol", "yaxich", "serenita", "doncelita-prieta", "mehenbol", "cigarrilla", "mosquito", "chicopipe"
Trigona perilampoides
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 2175 <F> worker , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (?).
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [127] .
Type locality: México, F. Sumichrast leg..
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas), El Salvador, Guatemala (Escuintla), Honduras (Francisco Morazán), Panama (Coclé, Colón, Panamá, Veraguas), Panama Canal Zone
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