A Miocene halictine bee from Rubielos de Mora Basin, Spain (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Spanish Miocene Halictus

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3503

By

Engel, Michael S.

Peñalver, Enrique

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Title from caption.

"January 12, 2006."

A new species of halictine bee (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae) is described and figured from laminated mudstones of early Miocene age from Rubielos de Mora Basin, Teruel, Spain. Halictus petrefactus, new species, is the first bee from these deposits to be formally described. The geological history of the Halictidae and of the bees as a whole is briefly reviewed.

Subjects

Bees, Fossil , Halictus petrefactus , Insects, Fossil , Miocene , Paleontology , Rubielos de Mora , Spain

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3503 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)503[0001:AMHBFR]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 62883451