Redescoberta de Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) nas restingas do Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses, Barreirinhas, MA

Abstract

Approximately 95 years after the original description, a nest of Melipona subnitida Ducke was rediscovered in the state of Maranhão, in a restinga ecosystem of the Barreirinhas municipality, Northeastern Brazil. The voucher specimens are deposited in the collection of the "Laboratório de Estudos sobre Abelhas" of the "Departamento de Biologia UFMA".