Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi, 2005
Lestrimelitta mourei
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 [2] .
Type data: holotype SEMK <F> worker , paratype SEMK <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> worker.
Type locality: San Jose, San Jose Prov., Costa Rica, 15.VI.1963, C. D. & D. R. Michener col..
Etymology: homage to Dr. Jesus Santiago Moure.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (San José)
References
Arce, H. (1994). Stingless beekeeping in Costa Rica: technical and cultural aspects. Pegone autumn: 6-8 [7] (? uncertain identity, as Lestremelitta [sic] limao, folk name: "jicote limón")
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 [Costa Rica], taxonomic characters, geographic record, mensurations)
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)
Griswold, T., Parker, F. D. & Hanson, P. E. (1995). The bees (Apidae) pp. 650-691 in Hanson, P. E. & Gauld, I. D. (ed.) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. London: Natural History Museum 893 pp. [684, 689] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, partim: Costa Rica [including two species Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi and L. danuncia Oliveira & Marchi], nesting site: tree, nest entrance, nest characteristics, robbing)
Hubbell, S. P. & Johnson, L. K. (1977). Competition and nest spacing in a tropical stingless bee community. Ecology 58: 949-963 [949, 950, 951, 959, 962, 963] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao [probably = Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi], geographic record, estimated colony size, robbing, attack: Trigona dorsalis, nesting site: tree: Dalbergia)
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. & 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, 4, 6] (diagnosis, description, comparative notes, key, figure: mesotibial spur)
Schwarz, H. F. (1948). Stingless bees (Meliponidae) of the Western Hemisphere. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 90: xvii+546 [181, 189, 190] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Costa Rica], nesting site: wall of wooden house, geographic record, citation, geographic records [partim: Alajuela, Costa Rica], figures: male [from Costa Rica]: pre-genital sternum [figure 6 D2], plate 3 - figure 4: nest entrance)
Wille, A. (1961). Las abejas jicotes de Costa Rica. Revista de la Universidad de Costa Rica 22: 1-30 [24, 25] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao [probably includes also Lestrimelitta danuncia], folk name: "abeja de limón", lemon-like odor, behavior, robbing, nest defense)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [54, 60, 61, 62] (as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, behavior, robbing, attack: Trigona (Tetragona) jaty, honey mixed with pollen, folk names: "lemon bee", "robber bee", lemon-like odor)
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 [15, 27, 36, 50, 61, 73, 83, 98, 246-247, 256, 265, 268] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta (Lestrimelitta) limao, partim [original data from Costa Rica probably = Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi - see also Lestrimelitta rufipes (Friese) and L. sulina Marchi & Melo], nesting site: tree cavity, geographic record, nest characteristics, nest entrance, figures: nest, nest entrance, honey mixed with pollen, aggressiveness)
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