APIDAE Apinae Meliponini Celetrigona
Celetrigona hirsuticornis Camargo & Pedro, 2009
Celetrigona hirsuticornis
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2009). Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Celetrigona Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae). Zootaxa 2155: 37-54 [47] .
Type data: holotype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> workers (11) , paratype RPSP 860761, 860763 <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP <F> worker (1).
Type locality: Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil, 12-22.X.1966, Col. Camargo.
Etymology: From the Latin, hirsutus , shaggy, bristly, plus cornis , antenna, referring to the long, erect bristles on flagellum..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Marechal Thaumaturgo], Amazonas [Tapauá], Mato Grosso [Nova Mutum], Rondônia [Campo Novo De Rondônia, Cerejeiras, Cujubim, Guajará-Mirim, Mirante Da Serra, Nova Mamoré, Nova União, Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Porto Velho])
References
Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2009). Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Celetrigona Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae). Zootaxa 2155: 37-54 [37, 39, 43, 45, 47-48, 49, 50, 51] (identification key, diagnosis, description, geographic records, geographic range, figures)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023