Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combination: Liotrigona vetula

Full reference: J. S. Moure and J. M. F. Camargo. 1978. A fossil stingless bee from copal (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51(4):560-566

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

See also Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022, Moure and Camargo 1978 and Spahr 1987

Sister taxa: Liotrigona (Liotrigona) bouyssoui, Liotrigona (Liotrigona) nilssoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Copal (ZMUC coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Copal (ZMUC coll)

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