An exomalopsine bee in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Dominican amber Anthophorula

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3758

By

Engel, Michael S.
Grimaldi, David A.
Gonzalez, Victor H.
Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael
Michener, Charles D. (Charles Duncan), 1918-2015

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2012

Notes

Caption title.

"September 14, 2012."

The first fossil exomalopsine bee is described and figured from two females, one very partially preserved in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. Anthophorula (Anthophorula) persephone Engel, new species, is distinguished from its modern counterparts mainly by the broader pterostigma in which its inner breadth is greater than that of its marginal veins. This record expands the Dominican amber melittofauna to 21 species. Brief comments are made on the discovery as well as the Dominican amber bees in general. The new combination Thaumatosoma (Chalicodomopsis) glaesaria (Engel) is established.

Subjects

Amber fossils , Anthophorula , Anthophorula persephone , Bees , Bees, Fossil , Chalicodomopsis , Dominican Republic , Exomalopsini , Insects , Insects, Fossil , Miocene , Paleoentomology , Phylogeny , Thaumatosoma glaesaria

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3758 2012

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 810085987