Taxonavigation

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

Liotrigona Moure, 1961: 223

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

References

• 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. ISSN: 1681-5556 PDF
• 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.