†Megachile praedicta Cockerell 1908 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. A fossil leaf-cutting bee. The Canadian Entomologist 40:31-32
Belongs to Megachile according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976
See also Cockerell 1908
Sister taxa: Megachile (Litomegachile), Megachile amaguensis, Megachile shanwangae
Type specimen: UCM 4542, 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:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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