Lestrimelitta sulina Marchi & Melo, 2006
Common Names: "eirá-ti", "irá-tinga", "iratí", "coalati", "eirati", "eirachi", "kuañeti", "abelha-limão"
Lestrimelitta sulina
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 [25] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers , paratype RPSP <F> worker , paratype SEMK <F> worker.
Type locality: Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 13.III.2002, G. Melo & P. Marchi.
Etymology: the name refers to the geographic range of the species.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (Paraná [Curitiba, Guarapuava, Piraquara, Prudentópolis, Rio Negro, Rolândia, São José Dos Pinhais], Rio Grande do Sul [Caxias Do Sul, Imigrante], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Seara, Urussanga]), Paraguay (Alto Paraná)
References
Ambrosetti, J. B. (1894). Los Indios Cainguá del Alto Paraná (Misiones). Bol. Inst. Geogr. Argentino 15: 699-700 [699] (as "iratí" and "coalati" [*from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Bertoni, A. W. (1911). Contribución á la biologia de las avispas y abejas del Paraguay (Hymenoptera). An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 97-146 [99, 141] (as Trigona limao and Lestrimellita [sic] limao, folk names: "eirati", "eirachi", "kuañeti", geographic records, nest entrance, toxic honey, etymology)
Camargo, J. M. F. (1988). Meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) da coleção do "Istituto di Entomologia Agraria", Portici, Itália. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (3/4): 351–374 [356] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao [probably = Lestrimelitta sulina Marchi & Melo], geographic 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] (as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [Urussanga - SC], taxonomic characters, geographic record, mensurations)
Fiebrig, K. (1907). Skizzen aus dem Leben einer Melipone aus Paraguay. Z. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 3: 374-386 [374-386] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic; *from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Fonseca, D. (1992). A guerra das abelhas. Globo Ciência 10: 18-21 [18-21] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, behavior, cleptobiosis, attack: Tetragonisca angustula, Plebeia, figures: attack)
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)
Holmberg, E. L. (1887). Viaje á Misiones. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba 10: 252-288 [260, 261, 266, 284-285, 287] (as "eirá-ti", irá-tinga" [*from Schwarz, 1948: 182])
Ihering, H. (1903). Biologie der stachellosen Honigbienen Brasiliens. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 19: 179-287 [261, 272] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona limao, partim [Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - see also Lestrimelitta rufipes Marchi & Melo and L. limao (Smith)], folk name: "iraxim limão", "iratim", behavior, pillage, toxic honey, etymology)
Ihering, H. (1930). Biologia das abelhas melliferas do Brasil. Boletim de Agricultura 31 (5-6): 435-506, 649-714 [676, 688, 700] (? uncertain identity, as Trigona limao, partim [Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - see also Lestrimelitta rufipes Marchi & Melo and L. limao (Smith)], folk name: "iraxim limão", "iratim", behavior, pillage, toxic honey, etymology)
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 [8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25-28] (keys: worker, male, comparative notes, synonymy, diagnosis, description: worker, male, geographic records, geographic range, figures: thorax)
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Müller, F. (1921). [articles] pp. 150-418 in Möller, A. (ed.) Fritz Müller - Werke, Briefe und Leben. (gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. Alfred Möller). Vol. 2 Briefe und noch nicht veröffentlichte Abhandlungen aus dem Nachlass 1854-1897. Vol. 2. Jena: Verlag Gustav Fischer 418 pp., 239 figures + 4 plates pp. [229, 232, 235, 236, 238, 259, 260, 266, 267, 299, 305, 306,] (309, 418; as Trigona limão [sic], attack: "jaty", "mandaçaia", "trombeta", "gurupu", lemon-like odor, behavior, pillage, taxonomic characters, key, classification, wax, nest entrance, diagnosis, not found on flowers)
Müller, H. (1875). Stachellose brasilianische Honigbienen zur Einführung in zoologischen Gärten empfohlen. Zool. Garten 16 (2): 41-55 [43, 48, 49, 52, 53] (as Melipona Limão [sic], and Trigona limao, defense behavior, nest entrance, wax, citral odor, folk name: Abelha Limão, foraging behavior, cleptobiosis)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1950). Notas bionomicas sobre Meliponíneos (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). IV. Colônias mistas e questões relacionadas. Rev. Entomol. 8 (1-2): 305-367 [307, 319, 320, 328, 329, 333, 340, 344, 346, 351, 362] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, behavior, mixed colonies, attack: Plebeia sp., nest entrance construction, cleptobiosis, aggressiveness)
Nogueira-Neto, P. (1954). Notas bionômicas sôbre Meliponíneos III- Sôbre a enxameagem (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 42: 419-452 [421] (as Lestrimelitta limão [sic], nest invasion, citation)
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Sakagami, S. F. & Laroca, S. (1963). Additional observations on the habits of the cleptobiotic stingless bees, the genus Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univer 15 (2): 319-339 [319-331, 333, 337, 338] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, partim [original data from Paraná, probably = Lestrimelitta sulina Marchi & Melo], geographic record, behavior, cleptobiosis, attack: Melipona quadrifasciata, Plebeia (Plebeia) emerina, Trigona (Tetragonisca) jaty, Melipona nigra schenkii, Plebeia (Plebeia) remota, nest entrance, figures: nest entrance, comparative notes)
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Taura, H. M. & Laroca, S. (1992). Abelhas altamente sociais (Apidae) de uma área restrita em Curitiba (Brasil): distribuição dos ninhos e abundância relativa. Acta Biológica Paranaense 20 (1991) (1,2,3,4): 85-101 [90, 94, 95, 96] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic record, nesting site: trees: Platanus sp., Quercus, nest distribution, nest relative abundance)
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 [27, 50, 61, 73, 86, 98] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta (Lestrimelitta) limao, partim [citation of Bertoni, 1911 and Sakagami & Laroca, 1963, probably = Lestrimelitta sulina Marchi & Melo - see also Lestrimelitta mourei Oliveira & Marchi and L. rufipes (Friese)], nesting site: tree cavities, nest characteristics, behavior, attack, nest entrance construction)
Wittmann, D. & Hoffman, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [27] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, geographic records)
Wittmann, D., Radtke, R., Zeil, J., Lübke, G. & Francke, W. (1990). Robber bees (Lestrimelitta limao) and their host chemical and visual cues in nest defense by Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula (Apidae: Meliponinae). J. Chem. Ecol. 16 (2): 631-641 [631-641] (? uncertain identity, as Lestrimelitta limao, behavior, cleptobiosis, attack: Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula)
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