ESTIMATING COLONIES OF PLEBEIA DRORYANA (FRIESE, 1900) (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE, MELIPONINI): ADULTS, BROOD AND NEST STRUCTURE

Estimating colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): adults, brood and nest structure

Estimate of stingless Luminous Frame Light Box bee colonies including nest structures and quantitative brood and adult individuals are scarce.Here, we describe a new approach to estimate colonial parameters from nest structure, adults and brood.We used five colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) to evaluate colony size and weight of adult and

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Four new species of the lanternfly genus Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 from Cambodia and Vietnam (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)

Four new species of Zanna Kirkaldy, 1902 are described: two from Cambodia, Z.chartieri Constant sp.nov.from Tatai in Koh Kong Province and Z.limbourgi Constant sp.nov.from Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu Province and Kbal Spean in Siem Reap Province, and two from Vietnam: Z.bidoupana sp.nov.from Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park in Dishwas

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