Lestrimelitta limao ( Smith, 1863 )

Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H. & Ospina, Rodulfo, 2020, Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Caldasia 42 (1), pp. 17-29 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15265321
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673-FFCF-8F21-FCA3-FC4CFBBFF918
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lestrimelitta limao ( Smith, 1863 )
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Lestrimelitta limao ( Smith, 1863) View in CoL

Trigona limao Smith, 1863: 506 View in CoL [♀].

Material examined (n = 4♀). COLOMBIA. Caquetá : 3♀, San Vicente del Caguán, Ciudad Yari, Puerto Mosco 2, 1°51’20.6’’ N, 74°05’24.9’’ W, 194 m [msnm], 17 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao / 28278, 81, 83 GoogleMaps ; 2♀, ut supra, Puerto Mosco , 1°05’05.7’’ N, 74°17’10.9’’ W, 230 m [msnm], 14/ 15 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao /28500, 28501 ( LABUN) GoogleMaps . Putumayo: 1♀, Mocoa, San Jose del Pepino , CEA [Centro Experimental Amazónico], 8 sep 2018 / ( LABUN) .

Comments. This species is currently known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador. The records above confirm the presence of this species in the Colombian Amazon ( Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ; 194– 540 m.). A specimen from Peru deposited in SEMC and standing under L. limao turned out to be a female worker of L. rufa ( Friese, 1903) (see below). Thus, L. limao does not occur in Peru.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Apidae
Tribe	Meliponini
Genus	Lestrimelitta