†Osmia antiqua Heer 1849 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264
Belongs to Osmia according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976
See also Cockerell 1909 and Heer 1849
Sister taxa: Osmia bruneri, Osmia carbonum, Osmia gaudiosa, Osmia nigra
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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