Paratrigona impunctata (Ducke)

Melipona impunctata Ducke 1916: 101 [♀].

New records.

(n = 5♀, 2♂) Ecuador: 2♀, 2♂, Napo Province, Huahua Sumaco, km. 45 on Hollin-Loreto road, XII-16-20, 1989, Malaise trap, M. & J. Wasbauer. Collrs; 1♀, Misahualli nr. Tena, 3-8 Oct., 1999, Steven R. Keller; 1♀, Yasuni Res. Sta. 19-30 Oct. 1998, W.J. Hanson, 250 m / 6°36'W, 0°38'S; idem, 1♀, 30 Sept.-11 Oct. 2002, C. Brammer, 250 m M.T [Malaise trap]., 0°40.566'S, 076° 23.851W (BBSL).

Comments.

These new records expand the distribution of this species from its previously known range: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname (Table 2).