Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure, 1989

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

Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure, 1989

Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure, 1989: 199 [♀].

Material examined (n = 10♀). COLOMBIA. Meta: 5♀, Villavicencio, Jardín Botánico , 4°9’3.2’’ N 73°39’4.6’’ W, nido semiexpuesto, tronco en árbol vivo, N 11, 12 feb. 2004, Col E. Palacios y B. Mantilla / 17632–34 / LABUN010996–98 ( LABUN) . Putumayo: 5♀, Mocoa, CEA [Centro Experimental Amazónico], 10 feb 2018 /31597– 601 ( LABUN) .

Comments. This new record expands the distribution of this species from its previously known range: Brazil, Guyana, and Ecuador ( Gonzalez and Griswold 2012). In Colombia, this species occurs in the Amazon and Orinoquia regions between 467 and 604 m. ( Fig. 2 ).

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Figure 2. Collection localities for the stingless bee genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia.