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Lestrimelitta danuncia Oliveira & Marchi, 2005
Lestrimelitta danuncia Oliveira, F. F. & Marchi, P. (2005). Três espécies novas de Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da Costa Rica, Panamá e Guiana Francesa. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 49 (1): 1-6 [1] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (8) , paratype SEMK <F> workers (5).
Type locality: Turrialba, Costa Rica, 1.II.1965, R. L. Dressler leg..
Etymology: homage to Dra. Danuncia Urban.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (Cartago), Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá)

References

Cameron, S. A. & Mardulyn, P. (2001). Multiple molecular data sets suggests independent origins of highly eusocial behavior in bees (Hymenoptera:Apinae). Syst. Biol. 50 (2): 194-214 [196, 201, 202, 205] (as Lestrimelitta limao and Lestrimelitta, geographic record, molecular analysis, DNA, morphology, phylogeny)
Gonzalez, V. H., Rasmussen, C. & Velasquez, A. (2010). Una especie nueva de Lestrimelitta y un cambio de nombre en Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Halictidae). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 36: 319-324 [321] (castes decribed, geographic range, citation)
Koulianos, S., Schmid-Hempel, R., Roubik, D. W. & Schmid-Hempel, P. (1999). Phylogenetic relationships within the corbiculate Apinae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of eusociality. J. Evol. Biol. 12: 380-384 [381, 382] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao [probably = Lestrimelitta danuncia Oliveira & Marchi], molecular analysis, DNA, phylogeny)
Lockhart, P. J. & Cameron, S. A. (2001). Trees for bees. Ecol. & Evol. 16 (2): 84-88 [85, 86] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, [probably = Lestrimelitta danuncia Oliveira & Marchi], molecular analysis, phylogeny)
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 [7] (list, geographic records)
Mardulyn, P. & Cameron, S. A. (1999). The major opsin in bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a promising nuclear gene for higher level phylogenetics. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 12 (2): 168-176 [169, 172, 173, 174] (as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, molecular analysis, nuclear gene, phylogeny)
Michener, C. D. (1946). Notes on the habits of some panamanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 54 (3): 179-197 [186, 196-197] (as Lestrimeliita limão [sic], geographic record, behavior, robbing, attack: Nannotrigona perilampoides)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 5-175 [172] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], synonymy, geographic records)
Oliveira, F. F. & Marchi, P. (2005). Três espécies novas de Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da Costa Rica, Panamá e Guiana Francesa. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 49 (1): 1-6 [1-2, 6] (synonymy, diagnosis, description, comparative notes, key)
Peters, J. M., Queller, D. C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Roubik, D. & Strassmann, J. E. (1999). Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honeybees. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 266: 379-384 [381] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], geographic record, microsatellites, workers, genetic relatedness)
Rau, P. (1933). The jungle bees and wasps of Barro Colorado Island (with notes on other insects). Missouri: Kirkwood 1-324 pp. [32-34] (as Lestrimelitta limao [*from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Roubik, D. W. (1983). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panamá (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 53 (6): 327-355 [331, 336, 340, 346-347] (as Lestrimelitta limao, nesting site: tree cavity, geographic records, nest characteristics, nest population, food volume)
Roubik, D. W. (1989). Ecology and natural history of tropical bees. New York: Cambridge University Press 1-514 +x pp. [216, 266, 267] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Panama], behavior, cleptobiosis, attack, figure: raid on Melipona fasciata)
Roubik, D. W. (1991). Aspects of africanized honey bee ecology in Tropical America pp. 259-281 in Spivak, M., Fletcher, D. J. C. & Breed, M. D. (ed.) The "African" honey bee. San Francisco: Westview Press [269] (as Lestrimelitta limao [Panama], attack: Apis, stingless bees, wet season)
Roubik, D. W. (1992). Stingless Bees: A guide to Panamanian and Mesoamerican species and their nests (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae) pp. 495-524 in Quintero, D. & A. Aiello (ed.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica. Selected Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 692 pp. [498, 503, 509, 514, 518, 523] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Panama], key, figures: head, hind tibia, geographic range [partim], diagnosis, obligate robbers, nesting site: in living tree, artificial cavities, nest entrance, nest defense, folk name: "abeja pilladora")
Roubik, D. W. (1993). Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. Journal of Biosciences 18 (4): 537-553 [549] (as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic range, habitat, nest density)
Sakagami, S. F., Roubik, D. W. & Zucchi, R. (1993). Ethology of the robber stingless bee, Lestrimelitta limao (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 21 (2): 237-277 [237-277] (partim [Panama - see also Lestrimelitta rufipes (Friese)], geographic records, pillaging behavior, cleptobiosis, nest defense, mandibular glands, citral odor release, flight behavior, daily activity, mass raids, attack: Scaptotrigona barrocoloradensis, S. pectoralis, S. luteipennis, Paratrigona ornaticeps, Nannotrigona perilampoides, Plebeia (Scaura) latitarsis, Trigona (Frieseomelitta) nigra, Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula, Melipona eburnea, raid duration, figures: nest entrance (2C), mass raid)
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The social bees (Meliponidae) of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 731: 1-23 [2, 23] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], key, synonymy, geographic record, colony age)
Schwarz, H. F. (1944). The stingless bees. A paradox among the producers of honey. Nat. Hist. 53 (9): 414-417, 426 [417, 426-427] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], figure: nest entrance, geographic record, toxic honey, behavior, robbing)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [19, 32, 78, 93, 180, 183, 190, 277] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [specimens from Barro Colorado, Panamá, and citation of Rau, 1933], figures: worker: head, hindleg, mandible, geographic record, garbage (on the ground under the nest): Hermetia illuscens (Diptera), nest entrance, citation, geographic range [partim: Canal Zone and Panamá], colony age, figure: plate 3 - figure 3: nest entrance)
Smith, B. H. & Roubik, D. W. (1983). Mandibular glands of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): chemical analysis of their contents and biological function in two species of Melipona. J. Chem. Ecol. 9(11): 1465-1472 [1466, 1467, 1468, 1471] (as Lestrimelitta limao, mandibular glands secretion, volatile contents, communication, alarm response, behavior, raids, robbing)
Strassmann, J. (2001). The rarity of multiple mating by females in the social Hymenoptera. Insectes Soc. 48: 1-13 [7] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], mating frequency, citation)
Wittmann, D. (1985). Aerial defense of the nest by workers of the stingless bee Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 16: 111-114 [111-114] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Panama - see also Lestrimelitta limao (Smith)], behavior, cleptobiosis, raids: Tetragonisca angustula, citral, alarm pheromone)

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