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

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, in...

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Main Authors: Gonzalez, Victor H., Engel, Michael S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142689/