Lepidotrigona arcifera (Cockerell, 1929)

Attasopa, Korrawat, Bänziger, Hans, Disayathanoowat, Terd & Packer, Laurence, 2018, A new species of Lepidotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Thailand with the description of males of L. flavibasis and L. doipaensis and comments on asymmetrical genitalia in bees, Zootaxa 4442 (1), pp. 63-82 : 80

L. arcifera :

Type material: Holotype (worker, BMNH); Type locality: INDIA; labeled as follows: “ Type ”, “B.M. TYPE / HYM./ 17B.1081”, “ Trigona / arcifera Ckll / TYPE ”, “ Trigona / ventralis Sm / (worker) from Sladen.”, “Teesta/ Bridge/ Himalayas/ India / 10.1.97 ”, “T.D.A. Cockerell./ B.M.1936-415.”. [Images examined ( Fig. 2 and Table 1 of Rasmussen, 2013)].

Figures

FIGURE 2. Male metasomal sterna, ventral aspect labelled as: (A), (B), and (C) refer to L. satun n. sp. (Paratype, H.B.- GP3311), L. flavibasis (H.B.-GP3322), and L. doipaensis (H.B.-GP3183) respectively, with the number following as (1), (2), (3), and (4) refer to S4, S5, S6, and S7 respectively. All subfigures are shown at the same scale and magnification. Diagonal lines indicate the characters treated in the diagnoses.