†Glyptapis fuscula Cockerell 1909 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Synonyms: Glyptapis neglecta Salt 1931, Glyptapis reducta Cockerell 1909, Glyptapis reticulata Cockerell 1909
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, Salt 1931, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Glyptapis densopunctata, Glyptapis disareolata, Glyptapis mirabilis
Type specimens:
- Glyptapis fuscula: G4668 (IMGP), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Glyptapis neglecta: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Glyptapis reducta: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Glyptapis reticulata: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 7 collections including 13 occurrences
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