+Moure's Bee Catalogue

Geotrigona kaba Gonzalez & Sepúlveda, 2007

Geotrigona kaba Gonzalez, V. H. & Sepúlveda, P. A. (2007). Una especie nueva de Geotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini), con comentarios sobre el género en Colombia. Acta Biol. Colomb. 12 S: 103-108 [104] .
Type data: holotype UNCM <F> worker , paratype UNCM <F> workers (26).
Type locality: Colombia, Antioquia, Porce, Tenche. B., 6°46'N, 75°07'W, 8-10 a.m., pescado, 24.VIII.1997, Allan Smith leg..
Etymology: Kaba, from U'wa mythology, spirit who dominates the subterranean world.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyaca)

References

Gonzalez, V. H. & Engel, M. S. (2012). A new species of Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 172: 77-87 [79, 82, 85] (distribution, citation, geographic record, key)

How to cite this page
J. M. F. Camargo, S. R. M. Pedro & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Sep/07/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023