Lestrimelitta rufipes (Friese, 1903)
Common Names: "limão", "iraxim"
Trigona (Lestrimelitta) limao rufipes
Friese, H. (1903). Neue Meliponiden II. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 359-361 [361] .
Type data: lectotype AMNH 35178 <F> worker , paralectotype AMNH <F> worker (1), queen (1), <M> male (1) , paralectotype ZMB <M> males (3?) , paralectotype ZSM <F> worker (1).
Subsequent designation: 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 [16] .
Type locality: Bauru, São Paulo, Brasil, 1899, H. von Ihering, 47.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina (Salta), Brazil (Amazonas [Barcelos, Barreirinha, Manaus, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira], Bahia [Caculé], Ceará [Ibiapina], Espírito Santo [Linhares, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Aragarças, Teresina De Goiás], Maranhão [Barra Do Corda], Mato Grosso [Barra Do Garças, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres], Mato Grosso do Sul [Campo Grande], Minas Gerais [São Romão], Paraná [Mandirituba], Pará [Aveiro, Belém, Itaituba, Melgaço, Parauapebas, Tucuruí], Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul [Barão De Cotegipe, Erechim], Rio de Janeiro [Engenheiro Paulo De Frontin, Santa Maria Madalena], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Roraima [Amajari], Santa Catarina [Seara], São Paulo [Bauru, Ribeirão Preto], Tocantins [Mateiros]), Peru (San Martín)
References
Alves, L.H.S., Forny, J.A.L., Cassino, P.C.R., Lorenzon, M.C.A., Racca-Filho, R. & Ramos, P.T. (2011). Nota sobre abelhas Lestrimelitta rufipes (Freise) (Hymenoptera, Meliponina), atraídas por armadilhas com iscas odoríferas, na região Sul Fluminense do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Biota Neotropica 11 (1): 427-429 (Distribution record)
Camargo, J. M. F. & J. S. Moure (1989). Duas espécies novas de Lestrimelitta Friese (Meliponinae, Apidae, Hymenoptera) da Região Amazônica. Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 5 (2): 185-212 [204, 207, 208, 209, 210] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Porto Velho, Guaporé - RO, Acanga, Barcelos - AM, Ilha de Maracá - RR, Cáceres - MT], taxonomic characters, geographic record, mensurations, figures: head (4), thorax (6), mandible(6a))
Chittka, L., Schorn, J., de Souza, J. M., Ventura, D. F. & Camargo, J. M. F. (1999). The nest entrance signal of the Amazonian bees Partamona pearsoni - a case where insects design their own flight targets pp. 107-116 in Kipyatkov, V. E. (ed.) Proceedings of the international colloquia on social insects Vol. 3-4. St. Petersburg: Socium 311 pp. [114] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [see also Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese)], unsuccessful raid, attack: Partamona nests [Partamona seridoensis Camargo, J. M. F. Camargo, personal observation])
Ducke, A. (1916). Enumeração dos Hymenopteros colligidos pela Comissão e Revisão das espécies de abelhas do Brasil. Comm. Lin. Teleg. Estr. M. Gr. ao Amazonas 35: 3-171 [40] (as Melipona limão [sic] rufipes, comparative note)
Ducke, A. (1925). Die stachellosen Bienen (Melipona) Brasiliens, Nach morphologischen und ethologischen Merkmalen geordnet. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 49: 335-448 [364] (as Melipona limão [sic] rufa, comparative note)
Gonçalves, R.B. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2008). Diversity of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Forest. Biota Neotropica 8 (4): 51-61 [54] (Distribution record)
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 [319, 321, 324] (geographic record,figure, attack: nest of Scaptotrigona tricolorata Camargo, castes decribed, geographic range, citation)
Grünberg, K. (1904). H. v. Ihering, Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen brasiliens [review]. Biol. Centralbl. 24: 7-18 [17] (as Trigona limeo [sic?; *from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Ihering, H. (1886). Der Stachel der Meliponen. Entomol. Nachr. 12: 177-188, plate 1 [184] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona Limao [*from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [223, 240] (as Trigona limao, partim [nest from Rio Feio, Bauru, SP, Brazil - see also Lestrimelitta limao (Smith) and L. sulina Marchi & Melo], geographic record, folk name: "limão", "iraxim", nesting site: trunk hollows, lemon-like odor, nest entrance, figures: nest entrance: plate 17 - figure 3, plates 18, 19)
Ihering, H. (1903). As abelhas sociais do Brasil e suas denominações tupis. Revista do Instituto Historico e Geográfico de São 8: 376-388 [379] (as Trigona limão [sic; *from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Ihering, H. (1930). Biologia das abelhas melliferas do Brasil. Boletim de Agricultura 31 (5-6): 435-506, 649-714 [491, 492, 654] (as Trigona limao, partim [nest from Rio Feio, Bauru, SP, Brazil - see also Lestrimelitta limao (Smith) and L. sulina Marchi & Melo], geographic record, folk name: "limão", "iraxim", nesting site: trunk hollows, lemon-like odor, nest entrance, figures: nest entrance)
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, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16-19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28] (list, keys: worker, male, comparative notes, synonymy, diagnosis, redescription, , description: male, lectotype designation, geographic records, geographic range, figures: propodeal spiracle, head, thorax)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [8, 24, 139-140] (asTrigona (Lestrimellita) [sic] limão, [sic], partim [Bauru, São Paulo], taxonomic character, hind tibia, folk name: "limão canudo", "limao", diagnosis, nesting site: tree hollow, nest entrance, citation)
Naves da Silva, D. L. (1977). Estudos bionômicos em colônias mistas de Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo 2: 7-106 [9, 10, 16, 71] (as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, behavior, mixed colony experiment, repellent odor)
Roel, A.R., Peruca, R.D., Lima, F.V.O., Cheung, K.C., Araujo Neto, A., Silva, L.V. & Soares, S. (2019). Diversity of Meliponini and anothers [sic] Apiformes (Apidae sensu lato) in a Cerrado fragment and its surrounding, Campo Grande, MS. Biota Neotropica 19 (2): 1-5 [2] (Distribution record)
Roig Alsina, A. (2010). Notas sistemáticas sobre abejas Meliponini del Chaco (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 12: 99-106 [103] (geographic range, taxonomic character)
Roubik, D. W. (1980). New species of Trigona and cleptobiotic Lestrimelitta from French Guiana (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 28 (2): 263-269 [264] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic] rufipes, paratype: male [São Paulo], comparative notes)
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 [observations at Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil, nest collected in "Aragarías" = Aragarças - Goiás, Brazil; - see also Lestrimelitta danuncia Oliveira & Marchi], pillaging behavior, cleptobiosis, nest defense, mandibular glands, citral odor release, flight behavior, daily activity, mass raids, attack: Melipona quadrifasciata, Scaptotrigona postica, Plebeia droryana, Nannotrigona testaceicornis, Tetragonisca angustula, Apis mellifera, raid duration, figures: nest entrance (2A), mass raid)
Salt, G. (1929). A contribution to the ethology of the Meliponinae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 431-470 [461, 462] (as Trigona limao, partim [citation of Ihering, 1903], cleptobiosis, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [78, 180, 181, 182, 187, 189, 190, 191] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [citation of Ihering, 1903, specimens from Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil], nest entrance, nesting site: hollow tree trunks, folk names: "iraxim", "limão-canudo", "limão", citation, synonymy [partim], geographic records [partim: Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil], figures : male [from Bauru, São Paulo]: head, hindleg, mandible, genitalia and pre-genital sterna [figures 6 A, A1,B, C, D1], plate 3 - figure 2: nest entrance, citation)
Wille, A. & C. D. Michener (1973). The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 21 (Suplemento 1): 1-278 [50, 61] (as Lestrimelitta (Lestrimelitta) limao, partim [citation of Ihering, 1903, 1930 - see also Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi and L. sulina Marchi & Melo], nest characteristics)
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