+Moure's Bee Catalogue

Leurotrigona gracilis Pedro & Camargo, 2009

Leurotrigona gracilis 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 [31] .
Type data: holotype RPSP 994854 <F> worker , paratype RPSP 994816, 995196, 995198 <F> workers (3) , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP 994280 <F> worker , paratype RPSP <F> worker , paratype RPSP 995407, 995499 <F> workers (2) , paratype RPSP 995543 <F> worker , paratype RPSP 993521 <F> worker.
Type locality: Tapurucuara-Mirim, rio Negro, AM, 01-04.VII.1999 Brasil 66°24'W, 00°25'S Camargo, Pedro, Mazucato.
Etymology: From the Latin, gracilis, slender, delicate, slight.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Mâncio Lima], Amazonas [São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Tefé], Rondônia [Costa Marques, Cujubim, Guajará-Mirim, Mirante Da Serra, Nova Mamoré])

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, 31-34, 36, 37, 38, 39] (taxonomy, key, diagnosis, description, figures, comparative notes, geographic records, geographic range)

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