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2010•Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias NaturalesOpen access

Systematic notes on Meliponini bees of the Chaco Region (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Arturo Roig Alsina

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Systematic notes on Meliponini bees of the Chaco Region (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Two species characteristic of the Chaco region are treated in this contribution: Scaptotrigona jujuyensis (Schrottky) and Lestrimelitta chacoana n. sp. The identity of Trigona jujuyensis Schrottky, 1911, is clarified and a neotype is designated. Descriptions, illustrations and distributional data are presented for each species.

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Systematic notes on Meliponini bees of the Chaco Region (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Two species characteristic of the Chaco region are treated in this contribution: Scaptotrigona jujuyensis (Schrottky) and Lestrimelitta chacoana n. sp. The identity of Trigona jujuyensis Schrottky, 1911, is clarified and a neotype is designated. Descriptions, illustrations and distributional data are presented for each species.

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Systematic notes on Meliponini bees of the Chaco Region (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Two species characteristic of the Chaco region are treated in this contribution: Scaptotrigona jujuyensis (Schrottky) and Lestrimelitta chacoana n. sp. The identity of Trigona jujuyensis Schrottky, 1911, is clarified and a neotype is designated. Descriptions, illustrations and distributional data are presented for each species.

Key concepts: Apidae, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Geography, Ecology, Zoology, Biology

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