Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: J. M. F. Camargo, D. A. Grimaldi, and S. R. M. Pedro. 2000. The extinct fauna of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Dominican amber: two new species and redescription of the male of Proplebeia dominicana (Wille and Chandler). American Museum Novitates 3293:1-24
Belongs to Proplebeia according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Camargo et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Proplebeia abdita, Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia silacea, Proplebeia vetusta
Type specimen: AMNH-DR-14-1439, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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