Three new species of Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Costa Rica, Panama and French Guiana

Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de; Marchi, Paola

doi:10.1590/S0085-56262005000100002

Sistemática, Morfologia e Biogeografia • Rev. Bras. entomol. 49 (1) • Mar 2005 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262005000100002 linkcopy

Three new species of Lestrimelitta Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Costa Rica, Panama and French Guiana

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Abstract

Three new species of bees of the genus Lestrimelitta are described: L. danuncia sp. nov. (from Costa Rica and Panama), L. mourei sp. nov. (from Costa Rica) and L. glaberrima sp. nov. (from French Guiana). All of these new species were previously identified as Lestrimelitta limao Smith.

Apidae; Lestrimelitta; neotropical stingless bees; taxonomy

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