Megachile glaesaria, the first megachilid bee fossil from amber (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Megachilid fossil from amber

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3276

By

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 12, 1999."

"A bee of the family Megachilidae is recorded as an amber inclusion for the first time. The individual is representative of a primitive new subgenus and species of the genus Megachile, Chalicodoma subgeneric complex. Megachile glaesaria, new species, is described and figured from a single female preserved in Miocene Dominican amber. The subgenus Chalicodomopsis, new subgenus, is proposed for this taxon. The fossil appears most similar to species of the subgenus Chelostomoides and, in particular, the recent M. manni Mitchell, an exceedingly uncommon species presently known only from southern Arizona. The known fossil Megachilidae are briefly reviewed (none are older than the Eocene-Oligocene) and recent debates on early megachilid nest evolution considered"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Bees, Fossil , Chalicodomopsis , Dominican Republic , Evolution , Insects, Fossil , Megachile glaesaria , Megachilidae , Miocene , Nests , Paleontology

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3276, 1999

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 42880224