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Lestrimelitta
Lestrimelitta is a genus of stingless bees found in the Neotropics, from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, with 19 known species . They are small, shining black species from 4 to 7 mm in length, with rounded heads and reduced pollen baskets. Unlike most eusocial bees, they do not gather their own pollen and nectar from flowers, thus are not pollinators, but instead they invade the colonies of other stingless bee species and rob their pollen and...
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Brazilian Robber Bee
speciesLestrimelitta limao
Niitkib Robber Bee
speciesLestrimelitta niitkib
Chamela Robber Bee
speciesLestrimelitta chamelensis
Lestrimelitta danuncia
speciesLestrimelitta danuncia
Spinose Robber Bee
speciesLestrimelitta spinosa
Southern Robber Bee
speciesLestrimelitta sulina
Lestrimelitta rufipes
speciesLestrimelitta rufipes
Lestrimelitta tropica
speciesLestrimelitta tropica
Lestrimelitta chacoana
speciesLestrimelitta chacoana
Lestrimelitta ehrhardti
speciesLestrimelitta ehrhardti
Lestrimelitta maracaia
speciesLestrimelitta maracaia
Lestrimelitta mourei
speciesLestrimelitta mourei
Lestrimelitta huilensis
speciesLestrimelitta huilensis
Lestrimelitta catira
speciesLestrimelitta catira
Lestrimelitta ciliata
speciesLestrimelitta ciliata
Lestrimelitta glaberrima
speciesLestrimelitta glaberrima
Lestrimelitta glabrata
speciesLestrimelitta glabrata
Lestrimelitta guyanensis
speciesLestrimelitta guyanensis
Lestrimelitta monodonta
speciesLestrimelitta monodonta
Lestrimelitta nana
speciesLestrimelitta nana
Lestrimelitta opita
speciesLestrimelitta opita
Lestrimelitta rufa
speciesLestrimelitta rufa
Lestrimelitta similis
speciesLestrimelitta similis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 252643.