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Issue: Vol. 4859 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.6
Page range: 138–150
Abstract views: 185
PDF downloaded: 11

Redescription of Nogueirapis Moure, 1953 with two new species from the Amazon forest (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, BR 307, Km 03 Estrada do Aeroporto S/N, Cachoeirinha, São Gabriel da Cachoeira—AM, CEP: 69750-000, Amazonas, Brazil Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936—Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936—Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936—Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Hymenoptera morphology stingless bee taxonomy

Abstract

The bee genus Nogueirapis Moure is redescribed with the addition of new characters deriving from two new species from the Amazon rainforest. Nogueirapis batistai sp. nov. and N. rosariae sp. nov. are described and included in an identification key that covers all species of the genus. Occurrence records are updated for all species.

 

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