Ptilotrigona lurida

Ptilotrigona lurida, known as the borá-cavalo, abelha-piranha ("piranha bee"), or corta-cabelos ("hair-cutting bee")[2] in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.[3]

Ptilotrigona lurida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Ptilotrigona
Species:
P. lurida
Binomial name
Ptilotrigona lurida
(Smith, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Trigona heideri Friese, 1900
  • Trigona lurida Smith, 1854
  • Trigona manni Cockerell, 1912
  • Trigona mocsaryi Friese, 1900
  • Trigona mocsaryi subsp. lutea Friese, 1903[1]

See also

References
  1. Ptilotrigona lurida (Smith, 1854) in Gargominy O (2021). TAXREF. Version 4.7. UMS PatriNat (OFB-CNRS-MNHN), Paris. doi:10.15468/vqueam
  2. Costa, Luciano (2019). Guia Fotográfico de Identificação de Abelhas Sem Ferrão para resgate em áreas de supressão florestal. Belém: Instituto Tecnológico Vale Desenvolvimento Sustentável. ISBN 978-85-94365-05-7
  3. Pedro, Silvia R. M. (2014). "The Stingless Bee Fauna In Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Sociobiology. 61 (4): 348–354. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.348-354.


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