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Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese, 1903)
Trigona (Lestrimelitta) limao rufa Friese, H. (1903). Neue Meliponiden II. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 359-361 [361] .
Type data: lectotype AMNH 35178 <F> worker , paralectotype MPEG <F> workers (3) , paralectotype AMNH <F> queen.
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 [15] .
Type locality: Rio Acre, Pará [?, probably Acre], Brazil, 1900, Ducke, 370.

Lestrimelitta piedemontana 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 [320] .
Type data: holotype ICN <F> worker , paratype ICN <F> workers (8) (also in BLCU, SEMK, MHNUAM) , paratype ICN <F> workers (25) (also in AMNH, BLCU, CR, MUSM).
Type locality: Colombia, Caquetá, Florencia, corregimiento El Caraño, Vereda Villaraz, Km. 20 vía Florencia a Suaza; 1°43, 440'N; 75°40, 030'W; 860 m, Julio 17, 2009, Y. Mora.
Etymology: reference to the geographic range, in the "piedemonte" of Colombian Andes..

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Melo, G. A. R. (personal communication) (2011). In: Camargo, J.M.F. & Pedro, S. R.M., Meliponini Lepeletier, 1836. In Moure JS, Urban D, Melo GAR, Eds. Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at http://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. updated version 2011 (According to Melo, G. A. R., who examined one paratype of Lestrimelitta piedemontana, the species is a junior synonym of L. rufa.)

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (El Beni), Brazil (Amazonas [Tapauá, Tefé], Mato Grosso [Cáceres], Pará [Melgaço, Parauapebas], Rondônia [Guajará-Mirim, Ouro Preto Do Oeste]), Colombia (Caquetá, Meta), Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza)

References

Camargo, J. M. F. & Pedro, S. R. M. (2003). Meliponini neotropicais: o gênero Partamona Schwarz, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) - bionomia e biogeografia. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (3): 311-372 [321, 350] (as Lestrimelitta sp., geographic record, unsuccessful raid, attack: Partamona vicina, nest entrance construction, figure: entrance tube constructed in the nest entrance of the host)
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 rufipes (Friese)], unsuccessful raid, attack: Partamona nests [Partamona vicina Camargo, J. M. F. Camargo, personal observation - see also Camargo & Pedro, 2003: 321, 350])
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] rufa, 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)
Friese, H. (1931). Wie können Schmarotzerbienen aus Sammelbienen entstehen? II. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 62: 1-14, figures 1-5 [11] (as Lestrimelitta limao rufa [*from Marchi & Melo, 2006: 15])
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 [319-324] (castes decribed, geographic range, citation, figures, Lectotype, comparative notes; as Lestrimelitta piedemontana, diagnosis, description, figures, nest entrance, geographic records, morphology, odor bait: methyl salicylate, castes decribed, geographic range, citation)
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, 9, 15-16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28] (list, keys: worker, male, synonymy, diagnosis, redescription, description: male, lectotype designation, geographic record, geographic range, comparative notes, figures: thorax, propodeal spiracle)
Marianno, J. (1911). Ensaio sobre as Meliponidas do Brasil.. Rio de Janeiro: edição do autor 1-140 pp. [140] (as Trigona (Lestrimellita) [sic] limão [sic], partim: variety rufa, comparative note, taxonomic note, citation)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [182, 185, 191] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, partim, synonymy, figures: queen: head, hindleg, mandible, geographic record [partim: Rio Acre, Acre])

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