Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Meliponini > Genus Lestrimelitta > Subgenus Lestrimelitta
Lestrimelitta (Lestrimelitta) rufa (Friese, 1903)
Nest entrance, Calilegua National Park, Jujuy (F. Flores).
Nest entrance, Calilegua National Park, Jujuy (F. Flores).
Nest entrance, Calilegua National Park, Jujuy (F. Flores).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Social bees that nest in preexisting cavities
  • Argentina
    • Jujuy
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador
 
Synonyms
  • Lestrimelitta piedemontana Gonzalez, V. H., Rasmussen, C. & Velasquez, A., 2010
References
  • 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
  • MASCENA, V. M., NOGUEIRA, D. S., SILVA, C. M. & FREITAS, M. B. 2017. First Record of the Stingless Bee Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in NE Brazil and its Cleptobiotic Behavior. Sociobiology 64(3):359−362.
  • ALVAREZ, L. J. & LUCIA, M. 2018. Una especie nueva de Trigonisca y nuevos registros de abejas sin aguijón para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Caldasia 40(2):232-245
  • ENGEL, M. S., RASMUSSEN, C., AYALA, R., & OLIVEIRA, F. F. DE. 2023. Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera. ZooKeys 1172: 239-312
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