A new species of the bee genus Ctenoplectrella in middle Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

By

Gonzalez, Victor H.
Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

111

Pages

41-49

Subjects

Ctenoplectrellini , Eocene , Hymenoptera , Megachilidae , Megachilinae , Paleontology , taxonomy , Tertiary

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.111.1593

 

Abstract

A new species of the extinct bee genus Ctenoplectrella Cockerell (Megachilinae: Ctenoplectrellini) is described and figured from two females preserved in middle Eocene (Lutetian) Baltic amber. Ctenoplectrella phaeton sp. n. is distinguished from its congeners on the basis of its body proportions, integumental sculpturing, wing venation, and pubescence, and is one of the more distinctive members of the genus. A revised key to the species of Ctenoplectrella is provided.