Trigona mirandula Cockerell, 1917:122, xw. xw, Pozo Azul, Costa Rica, June 15, 1902 (U.S.Nat.Museum, leg. M.A. Carriker); Wille, 1962Wille, A. 1962. A revision of the subgenus Nogueirapis; an archaic group of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70:218-234.:228, Holotype (U. S. National Museum, No. USNM-23168). - Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Wille, 1962Wille, A. 1962. A revision of the subgenus Nogueirapis; an archaic group of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70:218-234. (distribution); Wille, 1964Wille, A. 1964. Notes on a primitive stingless bee, Trigona (Nogueirapis) mirandula. Revista de Biología Tropical 12 (1):117-151. (distribution). - As Nogueirapis mirandula: - Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Jarau & Barth, 2008Jarau, S. F.G. Barth 2008. Stingless bees of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini). Stapfia 88:267-276. (distribution). - As Plebeia mirandula: - Nates-Parra, 2001Nates-Parra, G. 2001. Las abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 2 (3):233-248. (distribution).