†Ocymoromelitta florissantella Cockerell 1906
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae
Alternative combination: Halictus florissantellus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58
Belongs to Ocymoromelitta according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Cockerell 1906, Engel 2002 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Ocymoromelitta miocenica, Ocymoromelitta sorella
Type specimen: MCZ 2010, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
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