Intratribal Variation among Mature Larvae of Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini) with Descriptions of the Eggs of 11 Species
Rozen, Jerome G.
Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
Smith, Corey Shepard
Jones, Lance Eric
4K29Q
(CAMARGO AND PEDRO)
Camargo and Pedro
[306,1062,978,1005]
Insecta
Apidae
Plebeia
Animalia
Hymenoptera
24
Arthropoda
species
coccidophila
Schwarzula
Figure 17 The two smaller larvae identified below appeared in most respects identical to that of P.( Scaura) latitarsisincluding the same estimated length of 5.8 mm. However, the mandibular apex of P. coccidophilais substantial shorter and more robust contrasting with the elongate slender tapering mandibular apex of P. latitarsis.
MATERIAL STUDIED: 3 mature larvae (2 smaller specimens including one described containing abundant fecal material restricted to the hind intestine, 1 much larger specimen which may be a predefecating form): Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira. 02 - V3II- 1999. J.M.F. Camargo (Nest 791c).