Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Holocene copal and defaunation resin from eastern Africa indicate recent biodiversity change. The Holocene 32:414-432

Belongs to Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023

See also Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022

Sister taxa: Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) erythra, Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) togoensis

Type specimen: SMF Be 3503.1a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Tanzania Copal (SMF collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tanzania Copal (SMF collection)

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