Lestrimelitta niitkib Ayala, 1999
Common Names: "niit-kib", "limón-kab", "xnuc"
Lestrimelitta niitkib
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [29] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype SEMK <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers , paratype UNAM <F> workers.
Type locality: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 9.XI.1986, anonymous.
Etymology: from niitkib, the Mayan folk name of the species.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatán)
References
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 18, 27, 29-32] (list, key, figures: male genitalia, synonymy, diagnosis, description: worker, male, geographic records, comparative notes, attack: Nannotrigona)
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] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico], taxonomic characters, geographic record, mensurations)
Gonzalez Acereto, J. (1983). Acerca de la regionalización de la nomenclatura maya de las abejas sin aguijón (Melipona sp). Rev. Geogr. Agric. 5-6: 190-193 [192] (as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, ethnobiology, Maya indians, folk names: "niit-kib", "limón-kab", cleptobiosis, mandibular gland content, citral, nesting site: cavities in trees and wall)
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)
González-Acereto, J. (1991). Piratas del aire. U T'an Yik'el Kab 2: 7-9 [7-9] (as Lestrimelitta limao, folk name: "niit kib", "limón kab", "limoncillo", "iratim", "limao canudo", behavior, pillage, attack: Apis mellifera, geographic range [partim], toxic honey)
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 record)
Oliveira, F. F. (2002). The mesotibial spur in stingless bees: a new character for the systematics of Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 75(3): 194-202 [197, 198] (mesotibial spur, figure)
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, 3, 6] (list, comparative notes, key)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [88, 190] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Yucatan], behavior, intraspecific combat, geographic record [Yucatan, Mexico, Guatemala?], folk name: "xnuc")
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