Intratribal Variation among Mature Larvae of Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini) with Descriptions of the Eggs of 11 Species
Author
Rozen, Jerome G.
Author
Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
Author
Smith, Corey Shepard
Author
Jones, Lance Eric
text
American Museum Novitates
2021
2021-06-28
2021
3971
https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2021/issue-3971/3971.1/Intratribal-Variation-among-Mature-Larvae-of-Stingless-Bees-Apidae/10.1206/3971.1.full
journal volume
10.1206/3971.1
0003-0082
PLEBEIA
(
PLEBEIA
)
“NAN1”
Figure 13
Rozen et al. (2019a) described the postdefecating larva of this currently unnamed species of
Plebeia
and in so doing, illustrated it with SEM micrographs (therein, figs. 12–14) of its multipronged spicules. The specimens had been collected on
IX-24-2018
by David Roubik from the Yasuni Scientific Field Station in
Ecuador
as was
Plebeia
“nan2” somewhat more than a year later, in the same tree; see below.