†Apis lithohermaea Engel 2006 (honey bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2006. A giant honey bee from the middle Miocene of Japan (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates 3504:1-12
Belongs to Apis according to M. S. Engel 2006
Sister taxa: Apis (Apis), Apis (Cascapis), Apis (Priorapis), Apis (Synapis), Apis armbrusteri, Apis longitibia, Apis mellifera, Apis miocenica, Apis petrefacta, Apis vetusta, Hauffapis
Type specimen: NSM-P1-7418 (Tokyo, an exoskeleton (Complete female worker body). Its type locality is Chojabaru-zaki, Iki Island, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small diatomite in the Chojabaru Formation of Japan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chojabaru-zaki, Iki Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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