†family Paleomelittidae Engel 2001 (bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Paleomelittidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2001. A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 259:1-192

Parent taxon: Anthophila according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Engel 2001

Sister taxa: Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae, Stenotritidae

Subtaxa: Paleomelitta

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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