Paratrigona sp.

Marconi, Marilena, Modesti, Alessandro, Giove, Carlos Daniel Vecco, Mancini, Emiliano & Giulio, Andrea Di, 2022, Nest architectures of myrmecophilous stingless bees, Trigona sp. cfr. cilipes and Paratrigona sp., from Peruvian Amazon (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae, Meliponini), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 179-184 : 181-182

Paratrigona sp. - Camponotus sp. association

Ant nest architecture

The nest had an oval shape (major axis= 57 cm, minor axis= 32 cm, weight= 450 g). The outward appearance showed a woven silk material with tree leaves and thin adherent branches. Several holes were spread over the external surface, which were probably used by ants to get out of the nest. One side of the nest was torn showing the internal structure consisting of several membranous layers communicating with each other. Two branches formed a central skeleton inside the nest. No ants, broods or larvae were found.