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Table 2 Stingless bees’ species recorded at the municipality of Nocupétaro, Michoacan, Mexico

From: Diversity, local knowledge and use of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the municipality of Nocupétaro, Michoacan, Mexico

Taxon

Local name

Number of sites/(%)

Vegetation types

1. Frieseomelitta nigra Cresson, 1878

Abeja zopilota

12/(75.0)

1,2,3,4,5

2. Scaptotrigona hellwegeri Friese, 1900

Abeja bermeja

10/(62.5)

1,2,3,4,5

3. Geotrigona acapulconis Strand, 1919

Colmena de tierra/Prieta de tierra

8/(50.0)

1,2,3,5

4. Trigonisca sp.

Abeja cepimilla

1/(6.3)

5

5. Lestrimelitta chamelensis Ayala, 1999*

Abeja limoncilla

1/(6.3)

3

6. Melipona fasciata Latreille, 1811

Colmena real

1/(6.3)

5

7. Nannotrigona perilampiodes Cresson, 1878

Abeja trompetera

1/(6.3)

5

8. Partamona bilineata Say, 1837

Abeja esculcona

1/(6.3)

5

  

n = 16 sites

 
  1. *New registration.
  2. Vegetation types: 1) Crops; 2) Pastureland; 3) Tropical dry forest; 4) Urban area; 5) Oak forest.