Scaptotrigona (Eoscaptotrigona), Engel, 2022, Engel, 2022

Engel, Michael S., 2022, Notes on South American stingless bees of the genus Scaptotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Part III: A revised infrageneric classification and new species, Journal of Melittology 2022 (111), pp. 1-29 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.i111.17013
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:46E1DFBC-8C91-4506-A3A8-53D4781EFF32
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8135849
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF6E87C5-C73B-5A6B-FE3A-5FADFB77FDAC
treatment provided by	Felipe (2023-06-19 21:43:47, last updated 2024-11-26 21:54:18)
scientific name	Scaptotrigona (Eoscaptotrigona)
status	subgen. nov.

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Key to Species of Eoscaptotrigona

1. Metasomal tergum I without erect, black bristles apicolaterally on dorsal-facing surface; wings orange fuscous ........................................................................ 2

—. Metasomal tergum I with minute, erect, black bristles apicolaterally on dorsal-facing surface; wings infumate [ Venezuela, Colombia] ............... S. totobi , n. sp.

2(1). Suberect to subdecumbent, black bristles abundant on metasomal terga III–VI [ Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua] ........................................... S. luteipennis (Friese) View in CoL

—. Suberect to subdecumbent, black bristles abundant on metasomal terga IV–VI, those of tergum III noticeably shorter and somewhat sparser than those of succeeding terga [ Bolivia, Brazil, Peru] ..................................... S. polysticta Moure View in CoL