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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372025000100102</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21829/azm.2025.4112733</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lestrimelitta niitkib Ayala 1999 (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A thief bee raiding hives in Cerro Mirador, Oaxaca]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Lestrimelitta niitkib Ayala 1999 (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Una abeja ladrona que saquea colmenas en Cerro Mirador, Oaxaca]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Ahuja]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María De Lourdes]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reyes-Enríquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica Ariadne]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz-Guzmán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Libier Alejandra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Trujillo-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo De Jesús]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Benjamín Gregorio]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores-Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana E.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iram P.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Laboratorio de Fisiología Molecular y Estructural]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Nicolás de los Garza N.L]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Iniciativa para la Naturaleza, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tuxtepec Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas (Unidad B) Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Nicolás de Los Garza Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100102&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100102&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100102&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Stingless bees play an important ecological and economic role as pollinators, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. However, some species exhibit cleptobiotic behavior, threatening managed and wild colonies. The genus Lestrimelitta comprises a group of stingless bees that rely on resources obtained by invading other bees. This study reports Lestrimelitta niitkib Ayala 1999 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as a species that raids the hives of Scaptotrigona mexicana (Guérin-Meneville 1845) and S. pectoralis (Dalla Torre 1896) in Cerro Mirador, Oaxaca. The identification of L. niitkib was performed through morphological characterization and sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI) gene. This finding is significant because L. niitkib not only invades but eliminates the bees in the colonies it attacks, leading to the destruction of 20 hives managed by a local meliponiculturist.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las abejas sin aguijón desempeñan un importante papel ecológico y económico como polinizadores, especialmente en las regiones tropicales y subtropicales. Sin embargo, algunas especies exhiben un comportamiento cleptobiótico, lo que representa una amenaza para las colonias manejadas y silvestres. El género Lestrimelitta comprende un grupo de abejas sin aguijón que dependen de los recursos obtenidos al invadir otras colonias de abejas. Este estudio reporta a Lestrimelitta niitkib Ayala 1999 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), como una especie que saquea las colmenas de Scaptotrigona mexicana (Guérin-Meneville 1845) y S. pectoralis (Dalla Torre 1896) en Cerro Mirador, Oaxaca. La identificación de L. niitkib se realizó mediante caracterización morfológica y secuenciación del gen mitocondrial citocromo oxidasa 1 (COI). Este hallazgo es significativo debido a que L. niitkib no solo invade, sino que también elimina a las abejas de las colonias que ataca, provocando la destrucción de 20 colmenas manejadas por un meliponicultor local.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cleptobiosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Scaptotrigona mexicana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Scaptotrigona pectoralis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Abejas sin aguijón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cleptobiosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Scaptotrigona mexicana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Scaptotrigona pectoralis]]></kwd>
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