Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Synonyms: Ctenoplectrella dentata Salt 1931, Ctenoplectrella splendens Kelner-Pillault 1970
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 Ctenoplectrella according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Cockerell 1909, Engel 2001, Kelner-Pillault 1970, Morris 1976, Salt 1931, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Ctenoplectrella cockerelli, Ctenoplectrella eocenica, Ctenoplectrella gorskii, Ctenoplectrella grimaldii, Ctenoplectrella phaeton, Ctenoplectrella zherikhini
Type specimens:
- Ctenoplectrella viridiceps: NB.I.1949 (ZMHB), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Ctenoplectrella dentata: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Ctenoplectrella splendens: MfN NB.I.1949, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Zoological Museum, Humboldt Univ Berlin (ZHMB MfN) Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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