A new augochlorine bee species in Tertiary amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 431-436

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Rightmyer, Molly G ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Extinct species; Miocene; Oligochlora; Paleontology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; AUGOCHLORINI; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034089111     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000133     Document Type: Article

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