An Eocene bee in Rovno amber, Ukraine (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Ukrainian fossil bee

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3506

By

Engel, Michael S.

Perkovsky, Evgeny E.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Caption title.

"January 12, 2006."

A new species of fossil bee is described and figured in late Eocene amber from the Rovno region of the Ukraine. Ctenoplectrella zherikhini n.sp. (Megachilinae: Ctenoplectrellini), is similar to those species known from the slightly older Baltic amber (middle Eocene). This is the first bee discovered in the Rovno amber and the fourth species for its genus. The presently known megachilid bee fossils are summarized and the geological history of the family reviewed.

Subjects

Amber fossils , Bees, Fossil , Ctenoplectrella zherikhini , Eocene , Insects, Fossil , Paleontology , Rivnensʹka oblastʹ , Ukraine

BHL Collections

Ukrainian Українська Collection

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3506 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)506[0001:AEBIRA]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 62883659