Plectoplebeia, a new Neotropical genus of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
ABSTRACT A new stingless bee genus, Plectoplebeia gen. nov., is proposed to accommodate a peculiar Neotropical species currently placed in Plebeia Schwarz, 1938. The brief, but convoluted taxonomic history of its type species, Trigona nigrifacies Friese, 1900, is documented, with Trigona (Plebeia )...
| Published in: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2016-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000103004&lng=en&tlng=en |