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Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Abejas ladronas sin aguijón del género Lestrimelitta en Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

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https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511

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Anthophila, Apoidea, Colombia, Meliponini, taxonomy (en)
Anthophila, Apoidea, Colombia, Meliponini, taxonomía (es)

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Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they represent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna. However, the bee fauna of Colombia is still in early stages of exploration and species identification is often difficult or impossible. We revised the species of the cleptobiotic stingless bee genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia and recognized the following eleven species: L. glabrata, L. guyanensis, L. rufa, L. rufipes, and L. spinosa, which are recorded for the first time for the country; L. huilensis, L. opita, L. piedemontana, and two new species, L. diminuta, sp. n. and L. galvisi sp. n. We also confirmed the presence of L. limao in the Colombian Amazon and provide new geographical records with an updated key to species from Central America and northern South America

Las abejas sin aguijón (Apidae: Meliponini) son cultural y económicamente importantes y representan un componente significativo de la melitofauna colombiana. Sin embargo, la fauna de Colombia todavía está en vía de exploración y la identificación de especies es algunas veces difícil o imposible. Revisamos las especies del género de abejas ladronas sin aguijón Lestrimelitta en Colombia y reconocemos las siguientes once especies: L. glabrata, L. guyanensis, L. rufa, L. rufipes y L. spinosa, las cuales registramos por primera vez para el país; L. huilensis, L. opita, L. piedemontana y dos especies nuevas: L. diminuta, sp. n. y L. galvisi sp. n. También confirmamos la presencia de L. limao para la Amazonia colombiana y presentamos registros geográficos nuevos con una clave actualizada para las especies de Centroamérica y norte de Suramérica.

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Guevara, D. A., Gonzalez, V. H. and Ospina, R. (2020). Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia, 42(1), 17–29. https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511

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Guevara DA, Gonzalez VH, Ospina R. Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Jul. 20];42(1):17-29. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511

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