taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	description	ZooBank LSID: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 472 FC 958 - 6 FCE- 41 BB- 8 CEA- 833 D 91 D 3 E 8 CA	en	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
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. COLOMBIA. Guainía: ♀, San Felipe, 8 m [m. a. s. l.], 15 - V- 2014 [15 May 2014], Col: J. M. Rosso / 31086 (LABUN). Paratypes. 2 ♀, same data as holotype but with catalogue numbers 31087 (SEMC) and 31088 (LABUN).	en	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
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	diagnosis	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 T 6), 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).	en	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
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	description	Description. ♀. Total body length 4.8 mm; forewing length 3.4 mm; head width 1.6 mm; maximum width of T 2 1.3 mm. Head 1.3 × broader than long; inner orbits of compound eyes subparallel; malar area 0.9 × 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. Integument smooth and shiny between minute, sparse punctures as in other species of the genus; sterna weakly lineolate-imbricate. 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. 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 T 1 (0.5 × OD), sides of T 2 – T 4, entire T 5 and T 6 (0.6 – 2.0 × OD).	en	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
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	etymology	Etimology. The specific epithet, diminuta, refers to the small body size of this species.	en	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
03D2A673FFCA8F22FF68F8C3FC27F802.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	description	ZooBank LSID: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 459 FD 76 - 60 B 8 - 4 B 87 - 858 D- 2 FFFA 4 A 3196 A	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. COLOMBIA. Nariño: ♀, El Charco, nido en Avicenia [Avicennia sp.], xi- 16 - 82 [15 Nov. 1982] / 14417 / LABUN 010988 (LABUN). Paratypes. 4 ♀, same data as holotype but with catalogue numbers 14418 – 14419 (LABUN), 14421 (SEMC).	en	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.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	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.taxon	description	Description. ♀. Total body length 6.9 mm; forewing length 4.8 mm; head width 2.2 mm; maximum width of T 2 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. Integument smooth and shiny between minute, sparse punctures as in other species of the genus; terga and sterna weakly lineolate-imbricate. Color predominantly dark reddish-brown, lighter on labrum, mandible (except basally), clypeal margin, scape, legs, T 1 and T 2, and sterna. Wing membrane light brownish; veins and pterostigma brown. 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); T 1 (0.4 × OD), T 2, and T 3 laterally (0.6 × OD), and entire T 4 – T 6 (0.7 – 1.3 × OD).	en	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.taxon	etymology	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	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.	en	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.taxon	discussion	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).	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	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 / LABUN 010996 – 98 (LABUN). Putumayo: 5 ♀, Mocoa, CEA [Centro Experimental Amazónico], 10 feb 2018 / 31597 – 601 (LABUN).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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).	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. COLOMBIA. Magdalena: 1 ♀, Santa Marta, Universidad del Magdalena, 40 m, 1 dic. 2006, col: A. Parra / 24299 / LABUN 011039 (LABUN).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (n = 34 ♀). COLOMBIA. Huila: 1 ♀, Rivera, cementerio, 745 msnm, col: Sandra cruz / 14411 / LABUN 011065; 1 ♀, ut supra, G. Nates / 14446 / LABUN 011060; 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 / LABUN 011070; 2 ♀, ut supra, 2 abr. 1994, col: A. Sarmiento / 23058 / LABUN 008186; 1 ♀, ut supra, 716, cp 00051, 11 jun. 2014, col: G. Nates / 24304 / LABUN 011036; 1 ♀, ut supra, cp 0060, col: A. Rodríguez / 24303 / LABUN 011037; 1 ♀, ut supra, cp 00061 / 24305 / LABUN 011035; 1 ♀, ut supra, cp 00062 / 24306 / LABUN 011034; 1 ♀, ut supra, cp 00063 / 24307 / LABUN 011033; 3 ♀, El Pital, cementerio, 5 abr. 1994 / 23055 – 57 / LABUN 008183 – 85; 4 ♀, [without data] / 14440 – 43 / LABUN 010992 – 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 / LABUN 011002 – 03.	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (n = 4 ♀). COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 3 ♀, San Vicente del Caguán, Ciudad Yari, Puerto Mosco 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, Puerto Mosco, 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).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	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, M 31 (muestra 31), atacando Tetragonisca angustula / (LABUN). Cundinamarca: 9 ♀, Apulo, Vda San Antonio, orilla Rio Lindo, 15 may. 1988 / 14424 – 14431 / LABUN 002343 – 50; 1 ♀, ut supra, G. Nates / 14433 / LABUN 002352; 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 / LABUN 011006 – 9; 6 ♀, La Mesa, Cementerio, 23 may. 2004, col: A. Rodríguez / 24295 – 98 / LABUN 011010 – 13; 2 ♀, mayo 1988, base de lápida, entrada tubular pequeña, N 4, col: G. Nates / 14423,35 / LABUN 002342, 54; 1 ♀, ut supra, 18 may. 1994, en Nido 1 / 14432 / LABUN 002351; 6 ♀, Paime, VDA Tautao, 1400 m, 7 ene. 1999, col: Maecha O. / 23120 – 23, 28 – 29 / LABUN 008117 – 22, 00811; 6 ♀, ut supra, 18 abr. 1999 / 23136 – 40, 49 / LABUN 008101, 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 / LABUN 010959; 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 / LABUN 010961, 62, 64 – 65; 12 ♀, Villeta, 900 msnm, 14 abr. 2018, Col: L. Ucros / 18166 – 77 / LABUN 011014 – 25. Huila: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Rivera, cementerio, 716, 11 jun. 2011, 00050, 2, col: G. Nates / 24302, 308 / LABUN 011032, 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 / LABUN 011040 – 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 / LABUN 010969 – 72; 2 ♀, ut supra, 21 feb. 2010 / 24282 – 83 / LABUN 010967 – 68; 7 ♀, [without label data], / 24315 – 21 (LABUN).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. COLOMBIA. Vaupés: 1 ♀, Vda. Bogotá Cachivera, 31 dic. 2017, col: W. Estrada / 31085 (LABUN).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 4 ♀, San Vicente del Caguán, Ciudad Yari, Puerto Mosco 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).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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 1 B 99 053, ex. Under stones along creek / SM 0144188. 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).	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. COLOMBIA. Meta: 1 ♀, Pto. Lopez, Remolinos, al vuelo, 3 sep. 2015, col: electiva II- 2015 (LABUN).	en	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.taxon	discussion	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).	en	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.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (n = 34 ♀). COLOMBIA. Caquetá: 3 ♀, San Vicente del Caguan, Ciudad Yari, Puerto Mosco 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 / LABUN 30634. Meta: 5 ♀, Meta, Villavicencio, 500 msnm, nido, 21 sep. 2007, col: electiva II- 2007 / 19618 – 22 / LABUN 010979 – 83; 4 ♀, ut supra, 418 [m], 13 abr. 2012, col: J. Combita / 25136 – 39 / LABUN 014313 – 16; 1 ♀, ut supra, Las Acacias, 560 m, 8 abr. 2001, col: E Osura / 22812 / LABUN 010984; 2 ♀, ut supra, EBTRF [Estación de Biología Tropical Roberto Franco], 7 abr. 2001, col: L. Benavídez / 22821, 23 / LABUN 010974 – 75; 2 ♀, ut supra, 18 ene. 2002, col: G. Nates / 24293 – 94 / LABUN 008176 – 77; 2 ♀, Cumaral, parque central, 30 mar. 2003, col: J. Mora y B. Mantilla / 16297 – 98 / LABUN 010977 – 78; 1 ♀, Pto. Caldas, Las Brisas, 350, 21 mar. 1993, col: G. Nates / 8914 / LABUN 010973; 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 / LABUN 010976; 1 ♀, via Restrepo-UNILLANOS [Universidad de los Llano], 467 msnm, 13 abr. 2012, col: Electiva 2012 / 24667 / LABUN 010960; 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 / LABUN 26568. VENEZUELA: 6 ♀, Portuguesa, Guanare, Liceta, 12 sep. 1997, col: G. Nates / 24309 – 14 / LABUN 011026 – 31.	en	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.taxon	discussion	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.	en	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.taxon	discussion	Northern South America (Modified from Gonzalez and Griswold 2012) Note: A reference to works illustrating morphological features and their corresponding figures are indicated in the couplets.	en	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
