Liotrigona bottegoi ( Magretti, 1895 )

Pauly, Alain & Hora, Zewdu Ararso, 1787, Apini and Meliponini from Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae: Apinae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 16, pp. 1-35 : 18-21

Liotrigona bottegoi ( Magretti, 1895)

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Trigona bottegoi MAGRETTI, 1895: 153 , 156–157, worker lectotype (MCSNG). Type locality: « Arussi Galla », Ganale Gudda. Type Material. Lectotype D and 1 paratype D: "Arussi Galla", leg. V. Bottego, col. P. Magretti (MCSNG), examined and designated here. – paratype D, idem (MNHNP).

TYPE LOCALITY “Arussi Galla” is an old name for “Arsi Oromo”; the junction of Genale river and Jubba river in SE Ethiopia is positioned 4°10’N 42°04’E .

DISTRIBUTION. Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe ( EARDLEY, 2005).

a - lateral habitus b - mesosoma with shining scutum

Fig. 15. Liotrigona bottegoi , worker lectotype labelled “Arussi-Galla” ( MCSNG) .

a - dorsal habitus (body lenght 2,5 mm) b - scutum

c - mesosoma and head d - lateral habitus

Fig. 16. Liotrigona bottegoi , worker paratype labelled “Arusi Gallo” ( MNHNP). a - dorsal habitus b - scutum

Fig. 17. Liotrigona bottegoi , worker specimen from Guduru.

g - lateral habitus h - head

Fig. 18. Liotrigona bottegoi , worker specimen from Bako.

a - distribution in Africa b - distribution in Ethiopia

Fig. 19. Distribution maps of Liotrigona bottegoi .

NEW MATERIAL. OROMIA. Bako, 9°07'35"N 37°03'14"E, 12.I.2011, Vernonia auriculata , 6D, Salvia splendens , 1D, Guizotia scabra , 1D, leg. GTI project (RBINS, HBRC). – Near Guduru, upper paart of the Finchaa Valley, 9°30’N 37°30’E, 1700m, 24.XI.2012, nest in holow in Acacia tree, 20D, leg. Z. Hora (RBINS, HBRC).

a - brood cells b - brood cells c - brood cells d - external entrance tube e - honey mixed with pollen

Fig. 20. Nest of Liotrigona bottegoi (Guduru) .

f - strained honey from a colony