†Protolithurgus ditomeus Engel 2001 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
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
Belongs to Protolithurgus according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Engel 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: B-W 157 (AMNH), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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