Lepidotrigona hoozana (Strand, 1913) Rasmussen, 2008

Rasmussen, Claus, 2008, Catalog of the Indo-Malayan / Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), Zootaxa 1935, pp. 1-80 : 18

Lepidotrigona hoozana (Strand, 1913) , comb. nov.

Trigona (Lepidotrigona) ventralis variety hoosana Schwarz 1939a: 85 , 94, 135-136*: Holotype (AMNH) (distribution, key to species, taxonomy); Type locality: TAIWAN "FORMOSA.-Taihorin, (H. Sauter)" (workers, March 10 and May 10); Moure 1961: 199 (systematic position); Sakagami 1975: 67 (variation); Sakagami & Yamane 1984: 34-48; Sakagami et al. 1990: 126, 131 (distribution); Wu 2000: 387 (synonymy); Chinh et al. 2005: 371.

Trigona ventralis hoozana Strand 1913b: 66 : Syntypes (DEI, 9 workers). According to S. Blank (DEI) labeled "II. Hoozan Gormosa H. Sauter 10." (for February 1910); " Trigona ventralis Sm. Strand det.", some with "F. Sm." instead of "Sm.". Strand proposed the name conditionally (ICZN 11.5.1 and 15.1), but as it was proposed as a geograhical restricted (=subspecific) form before 1961 , it is considered valid (45.6.1). The ventralis species group (taxonomy); Type locality: TAIWAN "Hoozan, Februar" ('a row' of workers); Sakagami et al. 1985: (key to species); Sakagami & Yamane 1987: (oviposition); Salmah et al. 1990: 155 (altitude); Bravo 1992: 876 (citation, altitude); Yamane et al. 1995: 294 (comparative note); Sung et al. 2004: (morphology); Nagamitsu & Inoue 2005: 76 (distribution, foraging); Chinh & Sommeijer 2005: 500 (citation); Sung et al. 2006c: (distribution, nest); Sung et al. 2006a; Sung et al. 2006b: 167 (pollination); Floral record: Mangifera indica .