Ptilotrigona lurida

Ptilotrigona lurida, known as the borá-cavalo, abelha-piranha ("piranha bee"), or corta-cabelos ("hair-cutting bee")^[2] in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.^[3]

Ptilotrigona lurida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Ptilotrigona
Species:	P. lurida
Binomial name
Ptilotrigona lurida (Smith, 1854)
Synonyms
Trigona heideri Friese, 1900 Trigona lurida Smith, 1854 Trigona manni Cockerell, 1912 Trigona mocsaryi Friese, 1900 Trigona mocsaryi subsp. lutea Friese, 1903[1]

See also

• Tetragona clavipes (borá)
• Tetragona quadrangula (borá-de-chão)
• Tetragona goettei