Lestrimelitta opita Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012

Lestrimelitta opita Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012: 233 [♀].

Material examined (n = 104♀, 7♂). COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 7♀, San Roque, 850 m, 6°29’8.21’’ N 74°50’8.59’’, col: German Lotero, 1 oct 2019, M31 (muestra 31), atacando Tetragonisca angustula / (LABUN). Cundinamarca: 9♀, Apulo, Vda San Antonio, orilla Rio Lindo, 15 may. 1988 / 14424–14431 / LABUN002343–50 ; 1♀, ut supra, G. Nates / 14433 / LABUN002352; 4♀, Bosachoque, atacando nido de Nannotrigona, 11 sep. 2013, col: J. Diaz / 30630– 33 ; 4♀, Fusagasugá, Vda Espinalito, 1395 m, 7 may. 2011, nido, col: FMVZ / 22311, 22313–15 / LABUN011006–9 ; 6♀, La Mesa, Cementerio, 23 may. 2004, col: A. Rodríguez / 24295–98 / LABUN011010–13 ; 2♀, mayo 1988, base de lápida, entrada tubular pequeña, N4, col: G. Nates / 14423,35 / LABUN002342, 54; 1♀, ut supra, 18 may. 1994, en Nido 1 / 14432/ LABUN002351; 6♀, Paime, VDA Tautao, 1400 m, 7 ene. 1999, col: Maecha O. / 23120–23, 28–29 / LABUN008117–22, 00811 ; 6♀, ut supra, 18 abr. 1999 / 23136–40, 49 / LABUN008101, 12–16; 2♀, Pandi, 13 mar. 1977, col: G. Nates / 14409–14410 / 002338–39 ; 2♂, ut supra, al vuelo en iglesia, 21 abr. 1977, col: G. Nates; 1♀, Tena, cementerio, 1450 m, 26 nov. 2006, col: I. A. Lotta / 24275 / LABUN010959 ; 2♂, Utica, nido c, 6 dic. 1980, col; Nates y colaboradores / 3486–14434 ; 2♂, ut supra, [without nest data] / 14415–16 / 002340–42; 5♀, La Vega, Finca El Naranjal, 14 ene. 2012, col: C. Villalba / 24276, 77, 79–81 / LABUN010961, 62, 64–65 ; 12♀, Villeta, 900 msnm, 14 abr. 2018, Col: L. Ucros / 18166–77 / LABUN011014–25 . Huila: 1♂, 1♀, Rivera, cementerio, 716, 11 jun. 2011, 00050, 2, col: G. Nates / 24302, 308 / LABUN011032, 38 . Tolima: 1♀, Coello, Reserva El Neme, 1.5 km, 223 m 23–27 feb 2015, D. Moreno / MPUJ _ ENT 00384286 ; 6♀, Ibagué, agos. 2017, col: C. Vargas / 30037–40, 30183,84; 14♀, Represa Prado, 7 sep. 1975, col: G. Nates / 14394–404, 06–08 / LABUN011040 – 52,56; 3♀, atacando nido, 1 mar. 1980, col: A. Lievano / 14413–14, 38 / 011053–55. Sucre: 4♀, Colosó, Pajarito Jorro, 7 dic. 2010, 185 msnm, col: Morelo y Vanegas /24425–28 / LABUN010969–72 ; 2♀, ut supra, 21 feb. 2010 / 24282–83 / LABUN010967–68; 7♀, [without label data], / 24315–21 (LABUN) .

Comments. This species was previously known from the type locality in Armero, Tolima. The material examined here indicates that L. opita also occurs in sympatry with L. huilensis along the Magdalena valley, reaching as far north as Sucre, in the Caribbean region of the Colombia (Fig. 4). Specimens of this species have been collected from 170 to 1765 m.