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Description of four new species of Lepidotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from north-east India

  • 1. Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065
  • 2. Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Thenzawl, Mizoram 796186 rojeetthangjam@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-4700

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Viraktamath, Shashidhar, Thangjam, Rojeet (2022): Description of four new species of Lepidotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from north-east India. Zootaxa 5175 (1): 1-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.1

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