Glyptapis mirabilis Cockerell 1909 (mason bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Descriptions of Hymenoptera from Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 50:1-20

Belongs to Glyptapis according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Cockerell 1909, Engel 2001, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Glyptapis densopunctata, Glyptapis disareolata, Glyptapis fuscula

Type specimen: IMGP K72, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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