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Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik, 1980
Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik, D. W. (1979). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from French Guiana (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 (3): 443-470 [467] (nom. nud.) .

Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik, D. W. (1980). New species of Trigona and cleptobiotic Lestrimelitta from French Guiana (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 28 (2): 263-269 [263] .
Type data: holotype SEMK <F> worker , paratype STRI <F> workers , paratype RPSP <F> workers (2) , paratype SEMK <F> workers.
Type locality: Kourou, 17 km southwest, French Guiana, D. Roubik leg., robbing nest of Apis mellifera.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: French Guiana (Kourou)

References

Bego, L. R., Zucchi, R. & Mateus, S. (1991). Notas sobre a estratégia alimentar (cleptobiose) de Lestrimelitta limao Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae). Naturalia (São Paulo) 16: 119-127 [121] (nest, relative abundance, citation)
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 [195, 196, 198, 202, 204, 207, 208, 210] (taxonomic notes, comparative notes, key, mensurations, geographic record, figures: thorax, mandible)
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)
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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, 9, 11, 14] (list, key, comparative notes)
Michener, C. D. & Roubik, D. W. (1993). Observations on the labium of meliponine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 in Inoue, T. & Yamane, S. (ed.) Evolution of insect societies: Comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Tokyo: Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co. [256] (morphology, labium)
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, 5] (list, geographic range, key)
Ramalho, M., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. & Kleinert-Giovannini, A. (1991). Ecologia nutricional de abelhas sociais pp. 225-252 in Panizzi, A. R. & Parra, J. R. P. (ed.) Ecologia nutricional de insetos e suas implicações no manejo de pragas. São Paulo: Editora Manole Ltda. / CNPq 359 pp. [241] (list, cleptobiosis)
Roubik, D. W. (1979). Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from French Guiana (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 (3): 443-470 [443, 446, 447, 451, 453, 458, 460, 467] (geographic record, nesting site: tree cavity, nest characteristics, nest aggregation, nest population, food volume, behavior, cleptobiosis, cells construction, honey)
Wille, A. (1983). Biology of the stingless bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 28: 41-64 [61] (cleptobiosis, note)

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