†Lithanthidium pertriste Cockerell 1911 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1911. Descriptions and records of bees - XXXIV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 7(2):225-237
Belongs to Lithanthidium according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Cockerell 1911 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCM 18738, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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