Plebeia
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Range
Species of the genus Plebeia occur from Mexico to Argentina.
A few feral colonies of P. emerina exist in the United States, the result of experimental imports in the 1950s.
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List of species
- P. alvarengai Moure, 1995
- P. amydra Engel, 2022
- P. asthenes Engel, 2021
- P. aurantia (Engel, 2022) [Now placed in genus Plectoplebeia]
- P. catamarcensis (Holmberg, 1903)
- P. chondra Engel, 2021
- P. cora Ayala, 1999
- P. deceptrix Engel, 2022
- P. domiciliorum (Schwarz, 1934)
- P. droryana (Friese, 1900)
- P. emerina (Friese, 1900)
- P. emerinoides (Silvestri, 1902)
- P. flavocincta (Cockerell, 1912)
- P. franki (Friese, 1900)
- P. frontalis (Friese, 1911)
- P. fulvopilosa Ayala, 1999
- P. goeldiana (Friese, 1900)
- P. grapiuna Melo & Costa, 2009
- P. guazurary Alvarez, Rasmussen, & Abrahamovich, 2016
- P. hyperplastica Engel, 2022
- P. jatiformis (Cockerell, 1912)
- P. julianii Moure, 1962
- P. kerri Moure, 1950
- P. llorentei Ayala, 1999
- P. lucii Moure, 2004
- P. malaris Moure, 1962
- P. manantlensis Ayala, 1999
- P. margaritae Moure, 1962
- P. melanica Ayala, 1999
- P. meridionalis (Ducke, 1916)
- P. mexica Ayala, 1999
- P. minima (Gribodo, 1893)
- P. molesta (Puls, 1869)
- P. mosquito (Smith, 1863)
- P. moureana Ayala, 1999 [Now placed in genus Asperplebeia]
- P. mutisi Engel, 2022
- P. nigriceps (Friese, 1901)
- P. nigrifacies (Friese, 1900) [Now placed in genus Plectoplebeia]
- P. orphne Engel, 2021
- P. parkeri Ayala, 1999
- P. peruvicola Moure, 1995
- P. phrynostoma Moure, 2004
- P. plectoforma Engel, 2022
- P. pleres Engel, 2021
- P. poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
- P. pulchra Ayala, 1999
- P. remota (Holmberg, 1903)
- P. roubiki Engel, 2022
- P. saiqui (Friese, 1900)
- P. silveirai Engel, 2022
- P. tica (Wille, 1969) [Now placed in genus Asperplebeia]
- P. tigris Engel, 2022
- P. tobagoensis Moure, 2003
- P. variicolor (Ducke, 1916)
- P. vidali Engel, 2022
- P. wittmanni Moure & Camargo, 1989
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