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