identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.text	03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta diminuta Guevara & Gonzalez & Ospina 2020	<div><p>Lestrimelitta diminuta,  new species</p><p>ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 472FC958-6FCE-41BB-8CEA-833D91D3E8CA</p><p>Holotype. COLOMBIA. Guainía: ♀,  San Felipe, 8 m [m.a.s.l.], 15-V-2014 [15 May 2014], Col: J. M. Rosso / 31086 (LABUN).</p><p>Paratypes. 2♀, same data as holotype but with catalogue numbers 31087 (SEMC) and 31088 (LABUN) .</p><p>Diagnosis: This species resembles  L. nana Melo, 2003 in the small body size (head width, ~ 1.6 mm), pro- and mesotibiae without erect setae on outer surfaces, mesoscutellum flattened and not covering metanotum medially, and mesotibial spur normal (Fig. 1). It can be separated from that species by the following combination of features: propodeal spiracle elongate (5.9× longer than wide), pronotal lobe and mesoscutum with erect setae, mesepisternum with decumbent setae, terga with erect or semi-erect setae at least laterally, and mandible with a single tooth on apical margin. In  L. nana, the propodeal spiracle is much broader, 3.0× longer than wide, the mesoscutum, mesepisternum, and terga are glabrous (except on T6), and the mandible is bidentate.  Lestrimelitta diminuta shares with  L. monodonta Camargo and Moure, 1989 the mandible with a single apical tooth, the propodeal spiracle elongate, and vertex, mesoscutum, mesepisternum, and terga with setae. However,  L. monodonta is larger (head width: 2.2 mm vs. 1.6 mm), the setae on mesepisternum are long and erect (short and decumbent in  L. diminuta), the mesotibial spur is reduced (long in  L. diminuta, 1.2× mesobasitarsal width basally), and the mesoscutellum is elevated, not flattened and partially covering metanotum medially (mesoscutellum flattened, not covering metanotum medially in  L. diminuta).</p><p>Description. ♀. Total body length 4.8 mm; forewing length 3.4 mm; head width 1.6 mm; maximum width of T2 1.3mm. Head 1.3× broader than long; inner orbits of compound eyes subparallel; malar area0.9× median ocellar diameter; clypeus 2.8× broader than long; intertorular distance shorter (0.9×) than torular diameter; torulorbital distance 1.5× torular diameter, 1.7× intertorular distance; interocellar distance 2.3× median ocellar diameter, shorter (0.7×) than ocellocular distance; scape about 5.7× longer than wide; pedicel longer than broad (1.5×); first flagellomere about as long as broad (1.1×), longer than second flagellomere (1.9×), remaining flagellomeres broader than long, except apical flagellomere much longer than broad; compound eye 2.4× longer than broad; gena broader than width of compound eye in profile (1.3×); mandible with a single tooth on apical margin. Mesoscutellum flattened, not covering metanotum medially; propodeal spiracle elongate, about 5.9× longer than wide; mesotibial spur long, about 1.2× mesobasitarsal width basally; metatibia about 3.0× longer than broad.</p><p>Integument smooth and shiny between minute, sparse punctures as in other species of the genus; sterna weakly lineolate-imbricate.</p><p>Color predominantly dark reddish-brown, lighter on labrum, mandible (except basally), clypeal margin, pro-, meso-legs, and sterna. Wing membrane hyaline; veins and pterostigma brown.</p><p>Body largely glabrous, sparsely covered with minute, appressed, simple, yellowish setae on head and mesosoma, setae longer and denser on mesoscutum, mesepisternum, and metepisternum. Propodeum laterally with short, appressed, minutely branched, whitish setae (integument largely visible among setae). Erect, long, stout, dark brown setae on: distal margin of labrum and inferior margin of mandible (longest, ≥ 2.0× OD); vertex and preoccipital border with few, sparse setae (at most half width of OD); anterior (2.0× OD) and lateral margins (next to axilla) of mesoscutum (1–1.2× OD); axilla (~OD); pronotal lobe (~OD); mesoscutellum with sparse setae on disc (~OD), much longer (2.0× OD) on distal margin; meso- and metacoxae, mesotibia, and propodeum (1–1.5× OD); posterior margin of metatibia (0.9–1.5× OD), side of T1 (0.5× OD), sides of T2–T4, entire T5 and T6 (0.6–2.0× OD).</p><p>Etimology. The specific epithet,  diminuta, refers to the small body size of this species.</p><p>Comments. This species is known from the type locality in the Colombian Amazon (Fig. 2). Marchi and Melo (2006) indicated that some specimens of  L. monodonta from Pará (Tucuruí and Jacareacanga) and Maranhão (Urbano Santos), Brazil, are smaller than are specimens from other localities. These authors did not mention the size of these specimens, but they might be confused with  L. diminuta . However, Marchi and Melo (2006) were not able to find significant differences in other features besides body size with the typical specimens of  L. monodonta . Thus, small specimens of  L. monodonta can be separated from  L. diminuta by the same features indicated in the key to species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCC8F21FCA3FB71FE18FEEF.text	03D2A673FFCC8F21FCA3FB71FE18FEEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta galvisi Guevara & Gonzalez & Ospina 2020	<div><p>Lestrimelitta galvisi,  new species</p><p>ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B459FD76-60B8- 4B87-858D-2FFFA4A3196A</p><p>Holotype. COLOMBIA. Nariño: ♀,  El Charco, nido en Avicenia [ Avicennia sp.], xi-16-82 [15 Nov. 1982] / 14417 / LABUN010988 (LABUN).</p><p>Paratypes. 4♀, same data as holotype but with catalogue numbers 14418–14419 (LABUN), 14421 (SEMC) .</p><p>Diagnosis. This species can be easily recognized by the following combination of features (Fig. 3): propodeal spiracle elongate; vertex, preoccipital margin, anterior margin of mesoscutum, and terga with erect, long setae; propodeum laterally with short, sparse, simple setae; and mesotibial spur reduced. This species runs to  L. huilensis in the key to species of  Lestrimelitta from Central America and Northern South America by Gonzalez and Griswold (2012). It differs from that species in the mesotibial spur reduced (1.3× mesobasitarsal width basally in  L. huilensis) and mesepisternum and disc of mesoscutum with short but distinct, decumbent setae (glabrous or nearly so in  L. huilensis). In addition, both species are geographically separated and inhabiting different ecosystems.  Lestrimelitta galvisi occurs in tropical rain forests of the Choco bioregion whereas  L. huilensis in dry tropical forests along the Magdalena valley in Colombia.</p><p>Description. ♀. Total body length 6.9 mm; forewing length 4.8 mm; head width 2.2 mm; maximum width of T2 1.8 mm. Head 1.2× broader than long; inner orbits of compound eyes subparallel; malar area 1.4× OD; clypeus 3.5× broader than long; intertorular distance shorter (0.8×) than torular diameter; torulorbital distance 2.4× torular diameter, 2.5× intertorular distance; interocellar distance 2.2× OD, shorter (0.8×) than ocellocular distance; scape about 6.5× longer than wide; pedicel longer than broad (1.2×); first flagellomere slightly longer than broad (1.1×), longer than second flagellomere, remaining flagellomeres broader than long, except apical flagellomere much longer than broad; compound eye 2.5× longer than broad; gena broader than width of compound eye in profile; mandible bidentate. Mesoscutellum elevated, not flattened, partially covering metanotum medially; propodeal spiracle elongate, about 4.7× longer than wide; mesotibial spur reduced; metatibia about 3.0× longer than broad.</p><p>Integument smooth and shiny between minute, sparse punctures as in other species of the genus; terga and sterna weakly lineolate-imbricate.</p><p>Color predominantly dark reddish-brown, lighter on labrum, mandible (except basally), clypeal margin, scape, legs, T1 and T2, and sterna. Wing membrane light brownish; veins and pterostigma brown.</p><p>Body largely glabrous, sparsely covered with minute, appressed, simple yellowish setae, denser on head and mesosoma. Propodeum laterally with short, sparse, fine setae. Erect, long, stout, dark brown setae on: distal margin of labrum and inferior margin of mandible (longest, ≥ 2.0× OD); vertex and preoccipital border (0.6× OD), anterior and lateral margins (next to axilla) of mesoscutum (1–1.5× OD); axilla (0.5× OD); mesoscutellum with sparse setae on disc (0.6× OD), much longer (1.8× OD) on distal margin; pro-, meso-, metacoxae, mesotibia (0.5× OD), and propodeum laterally (1–1.2× OD); posterior margin of metatibia (0.6–2.0× OD); T1 (0.4× OD), T2, and T3 laterally (0.6× OD), and entire T4–T6 (0.7–1.3 × OD).</p><p>Etymology. This species is a patronymic honoring Germán Galvis Vergara, friend and colleague from the Department of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, in recognition for his efforts in documenting and protecting the biodiversity of Colombia.</p><p>Additional material examined. Two females with the same data as holotype but with catalogue numbers 14439 and 14422 (not designated as paratypes). One of them is a callow specimen judging by its body yellow coloration (14439). The other specimen has a normal adult coloration but all legs and metasoma are missing. Both specimens are in LABUN .</p><p>Comments. This species is known from the type locality in the Colombian Pacific coast (Fig. 2). According to the label information, all specimens of this species were collected from a nest found in a mangrove ( Avicennia sp.,  Acanthaceae).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCC8F21FCA3FB71FE18FEEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FE74FDBFFB8C.text	03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FE74FDBFFB8C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure 1989	<div><p>Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure, 1989</p><p>Lestrimelitta glabrata Camargo and Moure, 1989: 199 [♀].</p><p>Material examined (n = 10♀).   COLOMBIA. Meta: 5♀, Villavicencio, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-73.651276&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=4.150889" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -73.651276/lat 4.150889)">Jardín Botánico</a>, 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) .</p><p>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).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FE74FDBFFB8C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FBFBFD84F987.text	03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FBFBFD84F987.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik 1980	<div><p>Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik, 1980</p><p>Lestrimelitta guyanensis Roubik, 1980: 263 [♀].</p><p>Material examined.   COLOMBIA. Magdalena: 1♀, Santa Marta,  Universidad del Magdalena, 40 m, 1 dic. 2006, col: A. Parra / 24299 / LABUN011039 (LABUN)  .</p><p>Comments. The specimen from Magdalena, Colombia, closely matches the description of  L. guyanensis, a species currently known from French Guiana. However, both middle legs are missing from this specimen and thus more material is required to confirm our identification.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68FBFBFD84F987	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68F9F5FB83FC1C.text	03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68F9F5FB83FC1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta huilensis Gonzalez and Griswold 2012	<div><p>Lestrimelitta huilensis Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012</p><p>Lestrimelitta huilensis Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012: 231 [♀].</p><p>Material examined (n = 34♀).  COLOMBIA. Huila: 1♀, Rivera, cementerio, 745msnm, col: Sandra cruz / 14411 / LABUN011065;  1♀, ut supra, G. Nates / 14446 / LABUN011060;  12♀, ut supra, 30 mar. 1994 / 14412, 36–37, 44–45, 47–49, 23176–77, 23516,22 / LABUN 011057–59, 61–64, 66–70;  1♀, ut supra, 1 abr. 1994 / 23511 / LABUN011070;  2♀, ut supra, 2 abr. 1994, col: A. Sarmiento / 23058 / LABUN008186;  1♀, ut supra, 716, cp00051, 11 jun. 2014, col: G. Nates / 24304 / LABUN011036;  1♀, ut supra, cp0060, col: A. Rodríguez / 24303 / LABUN011037;  1♀, ut supra, cp00061 / 24305 / LABUN011035;  1♀, ut supra, cp00062 / 24306 / LABUN011034;  1♀, ut supra, cp00063 / 24307 / LABUN011033;   3♀,  El Pital, cementerio, 5 abr. 1994 / 23055–57 / LABUN008183–85 ;  4♀, [without data] / 14440–43 / LABUN010992–95 .   Sucre: 3♀, Colosó,  Pajarito Jorro, 214 msnm, 7 dic. 2010, col: Morelo y Vanegas / 24288–90 / LABUN 010999–01100 ;   2♀,  Sereno Alto, 204 msnm, 23 feb. 2010, col: Morelo y Venegas / 24291–92 / LABUN011002–03  .</p><p>Comments. This species was previously known from the type locality in Rivera, Huila. The material examined confirms the suspicion of Gonzalez and Griswold (2012) that  L. huilensis occurs along the Magdalena valley, overlapping in distribution with  L. opita, and reaching the Caribbean region (Fig. 2). It has been recorded from elevations ranging from 170 to 921 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCF8F21FF68F9F5FB83FC1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCF8F21FCA3FC4CFBBFF918.text	03D2A673FFCF8F21FCA3FC4CFBBFF918.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta limao (Smith 1863)	<div><p>Lestrimelitta limao (Smith, 1863)</p><p>Trigona limao Smith, 1863: 506 [♀].</p><p>Material examined (n = 4♀).  COLOMBIA. Caquetá:   3♀, San Vicente del Caguán, Ciudad Yari, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.090256&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.8557222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.090256/lat 1.8557222)">Puerto Mosco</a> 2, 1°51’20.6’’ N, 74°05’24.9’’ W, 194 m [msnm], 17 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao / 28278, 81, 83 ;   2♀, ut supra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.28636&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.0849167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.28636/lat 1.0849167)">Puerto Mosco</a>, 1°05’05.7’’ N, 74°17’10.9’’ W, 230 m [msnm], 14/ 15 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao /28500, 28501 (LABUN)  .   Putumayo: 1♀, Mocoa,  San Jose del Pepino, CEA [Centro Experimental Amazónico], 8 sep 2018 / (LABUN)  .</p><p>Comments. This species is currently known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador. The records above confirm the presence of this species in the Colombian Amazon (Fig. 4; 194– 540 m.). A specimen from Peru deposited in SEMC and standing under  L. limao turned out to be a female worker of  L. rufa (Friese, 1903) (see below). Thus,  L. limao does not occur in Peru.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCF8F21FCA3FC4CFBBFF918	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFCF8F2EFCA3F948FFD0F89A.text	03D2A673FFCF8F2EFCA3F948FFD0F89A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta opita Gonzalez and Griswold 2012	<div><p>Lestrimelitta opita Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012</p><p>Lestrimelitta opita Gonzalez and Griswold, 2012: 233 [♀].</p><p>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) .</p><p>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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFCF8F2EFCA3F948FFD0F89A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFC08F2EFF68F8CAFB50FD12.text	03D2A673FFC08F2EFF68F8CAFB50FD12.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta piedemontana Gonzalez and Rasmussen 2010	<div><p>Lestrimelitta piedemontana Gonzalez and Rasmussen, 2010</p><p>Lestrimelitta piedemontana Gonzalez and Rasmussen, in Gonzalez et al. 2010: 320 [♀].</p><p>Material examined.   COLOMBIA. Vaupés: 1♀, Vda.  Bogotá Cachivera, 31 dic. 2017, col: W. Estrada / 31085 (LABUN)  .</p><p>Comments. This species occurs in the Amazon and Orinoquia regions of Colombia, from 182 to 860 m. (Fig. 4). It is morphologically similar to  L. rufa, differing primarily in the length of the mesotibial spur (long in the former and reduced in the latter species). Both species might be conspecifics (Gonzalez et al. 2010), but until further studies demonstrate this, we consider them as different biological units.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFC08F2EFF68F8CAFB50FD12	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FD41FA38FA10.text	03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FD41FA38FA10.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese 1903)	<div><p>Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese, 1903)</p><p>Trigona (Lestrimelitta) limao rufa Friese, 1903: 361 [♀]</p><p>Material examined.   COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 4♀, San Vicente del Caguán, Ciudad Yari, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.090256&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.8557222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.090256/lat 1.8557222)">Puerto Mosco</a> 2, 1°51’20.6’’ N 74°05’24.9’’ W, 194 m [msnm], 17 mar. 2017, Col E. Henao / 28282, -85, -87, -88 (LABUN)  .</p><p>Comments. This species is currently known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador (Gonzalez and Griswold 2012). A specimen from Peru in the SEMC, with the following label data, has been identified as  L. limao: PERU. Junin: Dept. Villa-Oxapampa Rd., 1050 m, 10°48’36” S, 75°19’54” W, 18 OCT 1999, R. Brooks, PERU 1B99 053, ex. Under stones along creek / SM0144188. However, this specimen belongs to  L. rufa and thus, this species is newly recorded from Peru. The records provided here expand the geographical range of the species.  Lestrimelitta rufa occurs in the Amazon region of Colombia (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FD41FA38FA10	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FA5FFA9EF829.text	03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FA5FFA9EF829.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta rufipes (Friese 1903)	<div><p>Lestrimelitta rufipes (Friese, 1903)</p><p>Trigona (Lestrimelitta) limao rufipes Friese, 1903: 361 [♀]</p><p>Material examined.   COLOMBIA. Meta: 1♀, Pto. Lopez,  Remolinos, al vuelo, 3 sep. 2015, col: electiva II-2015 (LABUN)  .</p><p>Comments. This species is widely distributed in Brazil (Marchi and Melo 2006). Gonzalez et al. (2010) recorded it from the Province of San Martín, in northern Peru. The record from Colombia in the Orinoquia region represents the northwestern-most locality for this species (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFC08F2EFCA3FA5FFA9EF829	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFC18F2FFF68FF3FFEA8F988.text	03D2A673FFC18F2FFF68FF3FFEA8F988.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo 2006	<div><p>Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006</p><p>Lestrimelitta spinosa Marchi and Melo, 2006: 25 [♀].</p><p>Material examined (n = 34♀). COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 3♀, San Vicente del Caguan, Ciudad Yari, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.090256&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.8557222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.090256/lat 1.8557222)">Puerto Mosco</a> 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.</p><p>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) expand westward the distribution of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFC18F2FFF68FF3FFEA8F988	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
03D2A673FFC18F2DFCA3FADCFAFFFEED.text	03D2A673FFC18F2DFCA3FADCFAFFFEED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestrimelitta Friese 1903	<div><p>Keys to workers of  Lestrimelitta from Central America and</p><p>Northern South America (Modified from Gonzalez and Griswold 2012)</p><p>Note: A reference to works illustrating morphological features and their corresponding figures are indicated in the couplets.</p><p>1. Propodeal spiracle ovoid, 2–3 times longer than broad (c.f. Marchi and Melo 2006; fig. 1) ............................ 2</p><p>―. Propodeal spiracle elongate, at least 4.6 times longer than broad (c.f. Marchi and Melo 2006; fig. 2) .......... 6</p><p>2(1). Lateral surface of mesepisternum practically glabrous, without dense, stout, erect simple setae .................... 3</p><p>―. Lateral surface of mesepisternum distinctly covered by stout, erect, simple setae (c.f. Marchi and Melo 2006; fig. 14) ........................................................................ 4</p><p>3(2). Anterior margin of mesoscutum, and often pronotal lobe, practically glabrous, without dense, stout, erect simple setae (c.f. Gonzalez and Griswold 2012; fig. 12) ……….…………….  L. opita Gonzalez and Griswold</p><p>―. Pronotal lobe and anterior margin of mesoscutum distinctly covered by stout, long (1–1.4 times median ocellar diameter), erect, simple setae ................................. .............................................................................  L. limao (Smith)</p><p>4(3).Vertex, and often preoccipital border, with few, sparse, short erect setae restricted to interocellar area; disc of mesoscutum practically glabrous, not densely covered by short, fine setae, without a tomentose appearance; Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia …...…..…...................  L. spinosa Marchi and Melo</p><p>―. Vertex and preoccipital border with longer, denser setae throughout; disc of mesoscutum densely covered by short, fine setae giving a tomentose appearance from which sparse, long, stout setae arise ………........................................................…............... 5</p><p>5(4). Mesotibial spur very reduced, apex barely visible; Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ................... .........................................................  L. rufa (Friese)</p><p>―. Mesotibial spur normal, about as long as or slightly shorter than mesobasitarsus width basally; Colombia ......  L.piedemontana Gonzalez and Rasmussen</p><p>6(1). Vertex, preoccipital border, and anterior margin of mesoscutum practically glabrous, without erect setae, at most with sparse, short setae restricted to interocellar area and anterolateral corner of mesoscutum; disc of mesoscutum practically glabrous, with minute, appressed setae barely visible ………..................…...… 7</p><p>―. Preoccipital border, anterior margin of mesoscutum, and often vertex, with long, erect setae; disc of mesoscutum with variable pubescence, practically glabrous or densely covered by short, fine setae giving a tomentose appearance from which sparse, long, stout setae usually arise ....................……….…….….. 10</p><p>7(6). Small bees (body length 5 mm; head width 2.2 mm); mesoscutellum distally with short (about twice as long as median ocellar diameter), erect setae; mesotibia with few long, stout, semierect or erect setae along anterior and posterior margins ……..................…………………... 8</p><p>―. Larger bees (body length 6–7.4 mm; head width at least 2.3 mm); mesoscutellum distally with long (at least three times as long as median ocellar diameter), erect setae; mesotibia distinctly covered by long (about as long as median ocellar diameter or longer), erect, stout setae ……................................................. 9</p><p>8(7). Lateral surface of propodeum covered by relatively long and dense pubescence, integument visible among setae; mesotibial spur very reduced; Mexico …..................................……  L. chamelensis Ayala</p><p>―. Lateral surface of propodeum sparsely covered by fine, short setae (setae barely visible); mesotibial spur long, normal; Brazil, French Guyana …...............  L. glaberrima Oliveira and Marchi</p><p>9(7). Anterolateral corner of mesoscutum with abundant, long, erect setae; pronotal lobe with long, erect setae inferiorly, with branched setae relatively long and dense on posterior margin; mesotibial spur very reduced; T2–T5 laterally with long setae (at least 1.3 times median ocellar diameter); body length ~ 6 mm; head width 2.3 mm; French Guyana …………...........….……………  L. guyanensis Roubik</p><p>―. Anterolateral corner of mesoscutum and pronotal lobe distinctly glabrous, at most with very short, sparse setae; mesotibial spur normal; T2–T6 with shorter setae (about as long as median ocellar diameter), progressively increasing in length towards apical terga; body length ~ 7.3 mm; head width 2.6 mm; Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador, Colombia …................…  L. glabrata Camargo and Moure</p><p>10(6). Mandible with a single, small basal tooth; mesepisternum laterally with erect or decumbent setae ………………...........…………………………………. 11</p><p>―. Mandible with two small basal teeth; mesepisternum with variable pubescence, glabrous or with fine, decumbent setae .........……………………………….… 12</p><p>11(10). Large bees (6.1 mm in body length); mesepisternum laterally with erect setae, setae longer near omaulus, below pronotal lobe; propodeum laterally with long, branched setae; mesoscutellum elevated, not flattened and partially covering metanotum medially in dorsal view; mesotibial spur reduced, not visible ………………  L. monodonta Camargo and Moure</p><p>―. Small bees (4.8 mm); mesepisternum laterally with short, decumbent setae; propodeum laterally with short, appressed, minutely branched setae; mesoscutellum flattened, not covering metanotum medially; mesotibial spur long, 1.2× mesobasitarsal width basally ……...………………  L. diminuta sp. n.</p><p>12(10). Metasoma with erect setae on all terga, at least laterally, except on T1; South America …….....…... 13</p><p>―. Metasoma with erect setae on apical terga only; Central America ………..................................…….. 15</p><p>13(12). Head and mesosoma predominantly dark ferruginous (c.f. Gonzalez and Griswold 2012; figs. 1–3); disc of mesoscutellum largely glabrous (c.f. Gonzalez and Griswold 2012; fig. 3); sides of T2 with long setae (about as long as median ocellar diameter) (c.f. Gonzalez and Griswold 2012; fig. 4); Venezuela ….  L. catira Gonzalez and Griswold</p><p>—. Head and mesosoma much darker, predominantly dark brown to black; disc of mesoscutellum sparsely covered with erect, short (about as long as median ocellar diameter) setae; sides of T2 with minute erect setae (at most half width of median ocellar diameter); Colombia ............................................ 14</p><p>14(13). Mesepisternum and disc of mesoscutum with short but distinct decumbent setae; mesotibial spur very reduced, apex barely visible; Colombian Pacific …………………....………………………..  L. galvisi sp. n.</p><p>—. Mes episternum and disc of mesoscutum glabrous or nearly so; mesotibial spur long, 1.3× mesobasitarsal width basally; Colombia, Magdalena valley …..………..  L. huilensis Gonzalez and Griswold</p><p>15(12).Mesotibial spur normal, long; disc of mesoscutum practically glabrous, with fine, minute setae barely visible; erect setae on anterolateral corner of mesoscutum distinctly longer and denser than those on along anteromedial margin …..................... .....................  L. danuncia Oliveira and Marchi</p><p>―. Mesotibial spur reduced; disc of mesoscutum more densely covered by short, fine setae giving a tomentose appearance; erect setae on anterolateral corner of mesoscutum about as dense as and about as long as those along anteromedial margin ……. 16</p><p>16(15). Discs of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with erect setae arising from short, fine pubescence, longer and denser on mesoscutellum; Mexico …............... ..................................................…  L. niitkib Ayala</p><p>―. Discs of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum practically without erect setae arising from short, fine pubescence, at most with few, short, erect setae on mesoscutellum; Costa Rica ….............................. ..............…….…  L. mourei Oliveira and Marchi</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2A673FFC18F2DFCA3FADCFAFFFEED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Guevara, Diego A.;Gonzalez, Victor H.;Ospina, Rodulfo	Guevara, Diego A., Gonzalez, Victor H., Ospina, Rodulfo (2020): Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Caldasia 42 (1): 17-29, DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.75511, URL: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/75511
