†Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica Engel 2022 (stingless bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2022. Taxonomic names, in The first fossil bee from Africa: The stingless bee genus Liotrigona in Ethiopian Miocene amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 125:55-62
Belongs to Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Engel 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SEMC F002517, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (SEMC collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ethiopian amber (SEMC collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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