†Oligochlora eickworti Engel 1996 (sweat bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 1996. New augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Dominican amber, with a brief review of fossil Halictidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69:334-345
Belongs to Oligochlora according to M. S. Engel 1996
Sister taxa: Oligochlora grimaldii, Oligochlora marquettorum, Oligochlora micheneri, Oligochlora rozeni, Oligochlora semirugosa
Type specimen: Nr. 684, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection)
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