Title
A new fossil orchid bee in Colombian copal (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Euglossa in copal
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3589
By
Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael
Engel, Michael S.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007
Notes
Title from caption.
"September 6, 2007."
Abstract also in Spanish.
A new fossil orchid bee, Euglossa (Euglossa) cotylisca Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel, new species (Anthophila: Apidae: Apinae: Euglossini), is described and figured from a male preserved in Quaternary copal from Santander, Colombia. The bee is the third fossil orchid bee and the first fossil bee formally described from South America. Remarks are made on the distinguishing features of the species as well as its affinity to modern species. Given the young age of the fossil and the fact that this species is not known among the modern fauna, it must be presumed that this species has become relatively recently extinct.
Subjects
Bees, Fossil
,
Colombia
,
copal
,
Euglossa (Euglossa) cotylisca
,
Insects, Fossil
,
Paleontology
,
Quaternary
,
Santander (Dept.)
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3589 2007
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3589[1:ANFOBI]2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
171221808
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