Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Apoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Meliponini
Genus: Liotrigona
Species (11): L. betsimisaraka – L. bitika – L. bottegoi – L. chromensis – L. gabonensis – L. kinzelbachi – L. madecassa – L. mahafalya – L. nilssoni – L. parvula – L. voeltzkovi

Name

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Liotrigona Moure, 1961: 223

  • Type species: Trigona bottegoi Magretti 1895 = Trigona madecassa Saussure, 1891 by original designation.

References

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  • Moure, J.S. 1961. A Preliminary Supra-specific Classification of the Old World Meliponine Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica 4(1–4): 181–242. Reference page.  [original description: p. 223]
  • Brooks, R.W., Michener, C.D. 1988: The Apidae of Madagascar and nests of Liotrigona (Hymenoptera). Sociobiology, 14(2): 299–323. ISSN: 0361-6525
  • Eardley, C.D. 2004: Taxonomic revision of the African stingless bees (Apoidea: Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini). African plant protection, 10(2): 63–96. ISSN: 1023-3121 PDF
  • Koch, H. 2010. Combining morphology and DNA barcoding resolves the taxonomy of Western Malagasy Liotrigona Moure, 1961 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). African Invertebrates 51(2): 413–421. DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0210   Reference page
  • Michener, C.D. 1990: Liotrigona from Malagasy rain forests (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 63(3): 444–446. ISSN: 0022-8567 JSTOR
  • Pauly, A. et al. 2001: Hymenoptera Apoidea de Madagascar et des îles voisines. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika Tervuren Belgie Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen, 286: 1–390.
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