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Lestrimelitta chamelensis Ayala, 1999
Common Names: "niit-cab", "limon-cab"
Lestrimelitta chamelensis Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [25] .
Type data: holotype UNAM <F> worker , paratype UNAM <F> workers , paratype SEMK <F> workers , paratype BLCU <F> workers.
Type locality: Chamela Estación Biológia, Jalisco, Mexico, 15.II.1986, R. Ayala, "ex nido de Trigona nigra".
Etymology: refers to the type locality.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit)

References

Ayala, R. (1988). Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77: 395-493 [406, 446, 448] (as Lestrimelitta limao, list, geographic record, key, cleptobiosis, attack: Frieseomelitta nigra, geographic range)
Ayala, R. (1999). Revision de las abejas sin aguijon de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 106: 1-123 [7, 19, 25-29, 32, 117] (list, key, synonymy, diagnosis, description: male, worker, geographic records, geographic range, habitat, comparative notes, figures: male genitalia)
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)
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)
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] (mesotibial spur)
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, 5] (comparative notes, key)

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