Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006

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 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15312268
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673-FFC1-8F2F-FF68-FF3FFEA8F988
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006
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Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006 View in CoL

Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006: 25 View in CoL [♀].

Material examined (n = 34♀). COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 3♀, San Vicente del Caguan, Ciudad Yari, Puerto Mosco GoogleMaps 2, 1°51’20.6’’ N, 74°05’24.9’’ W, 194 msnm, 17 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao / 28284, 86, 89 ( LABUN). Casanare: 1♀, Villa Nueva , 17 dic. 2012, col: J. H. Gomez / LABUN30634. Meta: 5♀, Meta, Villavicencio, 500 msnm, nido, 21 sep. 2007, col: electiva II-2007 / 19618–22 / LABUN010979–83 ; 4♀, ut supra, 418 [m], 13 abr. 2012, col: J. Combita / 25136–39 / LABUN014313–16 ; 1♀, ut supra, Las Acacias , 560 m, 8 abr. 2001, col: E Osura / 22812 / LABUN010984 ; 2♀, ut supra, EBTRF [Estación de Biología Tropical Roberto Franco], 7 abr. 2001, col: L. Benavídez / 22821, 23 / LABUN010974–75 ; 2♀, ut supra, 18 ene. 2002, col: G. Nates / 24293–94 / LABUN008176–77 ; 2♀, Cumaral, parque central, 30 mar. 2003, col: J. Mora y B. Mantilla / 16297–98 / LABUN010977–78 ; 1♀, Pto. Caldas, Las Brisas, 350, 21 mar. 1993, col: G. Nates / 8914 / LABUN010973 ; 2♀, Bosque de Bavaria , 594 m, 14 abr. 2012, col: Electiva 2012 / 24579, 24649; 1♀, Restrepo, nido iglesia escalera, 16 abr. 2003, col: A. Rodriguez y D. Velez / 16439 / LABUN010976 ; 1♀, via Restrepo-UNILLANOS [Universidad de los Llano], 467 msnm, 13 abr. 2012, col: Electiva 2012 / 24667 / LABUN010960 ; 3♀, Unillanos, 500 msnm, 1 oct. 2011, col: Electiva II 2012 / 24129, 24300–01 / 01004–05; 1♀, ut supra, col: A. Pulido, C. Gomez y D. Triana / LABUN26568 . VENEZUELA: 6♀, Portuguesa, Guanare, Liceta , 12 sep. 1997, col: G. Nates / 24309–14 / LABUN011026–31 .

Comments. This species is presently known from Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and the Amazon regions of Brazil and Venezuela. The records from Colombia in the Amazon and Orinoquia regions ( Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ) expand westward the distribution of this species.

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