+Moure's Bee Catalogue

Leurotrigona crispula Pedro & Camargo, 2009

Leurotrigona crispula Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2009). Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Leurotrigona Moure - two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae). Zootaxa 1983: 23-44 [26] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 910068 <F> worker , paratype RPSP 910050-910067, 910069 <F> workers (9), <M> males (11) (probably from the same nest as holotype).
Type locality: Antioquia, Colombia, Porto Triunfo, V.1990, J. Rincón leg..
Etymology: From the Latin, crispus, relating to the sinuous, curly hairs of the posterior parapenicillum..

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Antioquia)

References

Pedro, S. R. M. & Camargo, J. M. F. (2009). Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Leurotrigona Moure - two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae). Zootaxa 1983: 23-44 [23, 26-29, 31, 37, 38, 39] (taxonomy, key, diagnosis, description, figures, comparative notes, geographic record)

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/08/2024

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