Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they repre-sent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna. However, the bee fauna of Colombia is still in early stages of exploration and species identification is often difficult or impossible....
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| author | Diego A. Guevara Victor H. Gonzalez Rodulfo Ospina |
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| description | Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they repre-sent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna. However, the bee fauna of Colombia is still in early stages of exploration and species identification is often difficult or impossible. We revised the species of the cleptobiotic stingless bee genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia and recognized the following eleven species: L. glabrata, L. guyanensis, L. rufa, L. rufipes, and L. spinosa, which are recorded for the first time for the country; L. huilensis, L. opita, L. piedemontana, and two new species, L. diminuta, sp. n. and L. galvisi sp. n. We also confirmed the presence of L. limao in the Colombian Amazon and provide new geographical records with an updated key to species from Central America and northern South America. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1573aed605cb47b1bb74e2a1758d80042024-04-18T00:42:05ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52322357-37592019-12-014211729https://dx.doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)Diego A. Guevara0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-6388Victor H. Gonzalez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-1634 Rodulfo Ospina2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-3027Universidad Nacional de Colombia University of KansasUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they repre-sent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna. However, the bee fauna of Colombia is still in early stages of exploration and species identification is often difficult or impossible. We revised the species of the cleptobiotic stingless bee genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia and recognized the following eleven species: L. glabrata, L. guyanensis, L. rufa, L. rufipes, and L. spinosa, which are recorded for the first time for the country; L. huilensis, L. opita, L. piedemontana, and two new species, L. diminuta, sp. n. and L. galvisi sp. n. We also confirmed the presence of L. limao in the Colombian Amazon and provide new geographical records with an updated key to species from Central America and northern South America.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511/73361anthophilaapoideacolombiameliponinitaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Diego A. Guevara Victor H. Gonzalez Rodulfo Ospina Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Caldasia anthophila apoidea colombia meliponini taxonomy |
| title | Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) |
| title_full | Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) |
| title_fullStr | Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) |
| title_short | Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) |
| title_sort | stingless robber bees of the genus lestrimelitta in colombia hymenoptera apidae meliponini |
| topic | anthophila apoidea colombia meliponini taxonomy |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511/73361 |
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