†Oligochlora grimaldii Engel 1997 (sweat bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 1997. A new fossil bee from the Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Apidologie 28:97-102
Belongs to Oligochlora according to M. S. Engel 2009
See also Engel 1997
Sister taxa: Oligochlora eickworti, Oligochlora marquettorum, Oligochlora micheneri, Oligochlora rozeni, Oligochlora semirugosa
Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-839, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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