Plebeina armata ( Magretti, 1895 ) Pauly & Hora, 1787

Pauly, Alain & Hora, Zewdu Ararso, 1787, Apini and Meliponini from Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae: Apinae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 16, pp. 1-35 : 24-25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272953
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87A9-FFAC-FFF0-FE76-FF0AF23DF729
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plebeina armata ( Magretti, 1895 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Plebeina armata ( Magretti, 1895) View in CoL , comb. nov.

(Fig. 24)

Trigona armata MAGRETTI, 1895: 153 View in CoL , 154–156, male. Male holotype (MCSNG), examined. Type locality: “Arussi-Galla” (= Arsi Oromo ), Ganale Gudda (= Genale river in SE Ethiopia). = Trigona hildebrandti Friese, 1900 View in CoL . Zanzibar (MNHUB). Syn. nov.

= Melipona (Trigona) denoiti Vachal, 1903 View in CoL . Uganda (MRACT).

= Trigona denoiti katangensis Cockerell, 1934 . D.R. Congo (BMNH).

= Trigona clypeata Friese, 1909 . Botswana (MNHUB).

= Trigona zebra Strand, 1911 . Kenya (MNHUB).

a - holotype, dorsal habitus

c - head e - metasoma

Fig. 24. Plebeina armata , male holotype.

b - holotype labels

d - legs

f - genitalia

DISTRIBUTION. Botswana, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo, D. R. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tchad, Uganda, Zimbabwe.