†Meliponorytes Tosi 1896 (stingless bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: A. Tosi. 1896. Di un nuovo genere di Apiaria fossile nell'ambra di Sicilia (Meliponorytes succini-M. sicula). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia 2:352-356
Parent taxon: Hypotrigonina according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Cockerell 1908, Engel 2001, Engel 2021 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Heterotrigonitae, Hypotrigonitae
Subtaxa: Meliponorytes sicula Meliponorytes succini
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sicilian amber (Bologna coll) (Miocene of Italy)
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