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Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica was named by Engel (2022). Its type specimen is SEMC F002517, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (SEMC collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica Engel p. 59 figs. 1-3
2023Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica Engel et al. p. 283

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeHypotrigonina
—Hypotrigonitae
genusLiotrigona
subgenusTapheiotrigona
speciesaethiopica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ethiopia Liotrigona aethiopica (type locality: 231011)