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HYMENOPTERA 721
7-9 mm. or longer with the wings not extending beyond the tip of the abdomen
and a weak stigma. M elipona f asciata subspecies paraitnsis variety guerreroensis
Schwarz 1936 is the domestic stingless bee of Central Mexico which Usinger
(1935) found producing a fine grade of white honey much used by the natives
in the district of Temascaltepec. Trigona pallida (Latr.), a light-yellow bee, is
widely distributed in the tropics of North and South America while the karbi,
T. carbonaria Smith, only 4 mm. long, is the commonest species in Australia.
SELECTED REFERENCES
GENERAL
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TENTHREDINOIDEA AND SnucoIDEA
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