Lestrimelitta limao (Smith, 1863)
Common Names: "eira-aquaietá", "eira-aquai-etá", "eíra-quãyetâ", "irati", "iriti", "irutim", "limão"
Trigona limao
Smith, F. (1863). Descriptions of Brazilian Honey Bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the International Exhibition of 1862. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 11: 497-512 [506] (described under the name "Trigona Limâo") .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B 1072 <F> worker (Smith, 1863: 506 described <I>Lestrimelitta limao </I>based on specimens that he believed to be males, however they are workers - see Schwarz, 1948:188 and Marchi & Melo, 2004) , paralectotype whereabouts unknown <F> workers (9).
Subsequent designation: Marchi, P. & Melo, G. A. R. (2004). Notas sobre o tipo de Trigona limao Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Lestrimelitta). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 48 (3): 379-382 [380, 381] (the description presented was not based on the lectotype) .
Type locality: Brazil, additional labels: "Smith coll. pres. by Mrs. Farren White. 99-303".
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Barra, Bom Jesus Da Lapa, Casa Nova, Cruz Das Almas], Ceará [Groaíras, Jaguaruana, Limoeiro Do Norte, Pacajus, Pacatuba, Sobral], Distrito Federal [Distrito Federal], Goiás [Campos Verdes], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Carutapera, Urbano Santos], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Belo Horizonte, Betim, Conceição Das Alagoas, Corinto, Divinópolis, Felixlândia, Janaúba, Paraopeba, Santana Do Riacho, São João Do Paraíso], Rondônia [Ouro Preto Do Oeste, Porto Velho], São Paulo [Bauru, Cajuru, Corumbataí, Cássia Dos Coqueiros, Franca, Jundiaí, Luís Antônio, Ribeirão Preto, Rifaina, Salesópolis])
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Lenko, K. & Papavero, N. (1996). Insetos no folclore. São Paulo: Plêiade, FAPESP 2nd Edn 1-468 pp. [263, 269, 271, 276] ([s. lat.], folk names: "arancim", "iratim", "iraxim" [except notes on nest],"mombuca" [!], "limão", "limão-canudo", nesting site [error], toxic honey, citation)
Lorenzon, M. C. A., Matrangolo, C. A. R. & Schoereder, J. H. (2003). Flora visitada pelas abelhas eussociais (Hymenoptera, Apidae) na Serra da Capivara, em caatinga do sul do Piauí. Neotropical Entomology 32 (1): 27-36 [29, 32] (? uncertain identity [probably = Lestrimelitta limao (Smith) or L. rufipes (Friese)], geographic record, cleptobiosis)
Lutz, F. E. (1924). Some characters of American Meliponidae pp. 202-232 in Lutz, F. E. Apparently non-selective characters and combinations of characters, including a study of ultraviolet in relation to the flower visiting habits of insects. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 29: 181–283 [205, 207, 208, 211, 212, 215, 216, 220, 221, 226, 231, 232] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimellita [sic] limao, taxonomic characters, mouthparts, mandible, figures: hind tibia)
Maidl, F. (1934). Die Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Staatenbildenden Insekten. Vienna: Wagner ix + 823 pp. [316-317, 318-319, 573, 575, 576, 580, 584] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao [*from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Marchi, P. & Melo, G. A. R. (2004). Notas sobre o tipo de Trigona limao Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Lestrimelitta). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 48 (3): 379-382 [379-382] (notes on type, lectotype designation, synonymy, diagnosis, description [specimen from Betim, Minas Gerais, not the type], taxonomic notes, geographic range, geographic records, figures)
Marchi, P. & Melo, G. A. R. (2006). Revisão taxonômica das espécies brasileiras de abelhas do gênero Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponina). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 50 (1): 6-30 [6, 8, 10, 11, 12-13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28] (keys: worker, male, synonymy, notes on type, diagnosis, description: male, geographic records, geographic range, comparative notes, figures: propodeal spiracle, head, thorax)
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Martins, C. F. (1994). Comunidade de abelhas (Hym., Apoidea) da caatinga e do cerrado com elementos de campo rupestre do estado da Bahia, Brasil. Rev. Nordestina Biol. 9 (2): 225-257 [231, 235] (? uncertain identity [probably = Lestrimelitta limao (Smith) or L. rufipes (Friese)], geographic record, relative abundance, parasitic species)
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