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buscar esse táxon em outros sistemas 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

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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))
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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)
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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 Dec/08/2024

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

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