Liotrigona Moure 1961 (stingless bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: J. S. Moure. 1961. A preliminary supra-specific classification of the Old World meliponine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica 4:181-242

Parent taxon: Hypotrigonitae according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023

See also Engel 2021, Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022, Moure and Camargo 1978 and Wille and Chandler 1964

Sister taxa: Adactylurina, Austroplebeia, Axestotrigona, Dactylurina, Hypotrigona, Kelneriapis, Liotrigonopsis

Subtaxa: Liotrigona (Liotrigona) Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona)

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (2 collections)

• Miocene of Ethiopia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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