Heriades mersatus Cockerell 1923 (mason bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1923. Two fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant (Vespidae, Megachilidae). Entomological News 34:270-271

Belongs to Heriades according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976

See also Cockerell 1923

Sister taxa: Heriades bowditchi, Heriades halictinus, Heriades laminarum, Heriades mildredae, Heriades priscus, Heriades saxosus

Type specimen: DMNH-1975, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Colorado Mus. Nat. History Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (Colorado Mus. Nat. History Collection)

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