[Rediscovery of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the "Restinga" in the Nacional Park Lençóis Maranhenses, Barreirinhas, MA, Brazil].
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".
Lab. Estudos sobre Abelhas, Dep. Biologia, Univ. Federal do Maranhão, São Luis, MA, 65040-080.
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D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D001938:Brazil; D009425:Nesting Behavior