†Apis (Synapis) cuenoti Theobald 1937 (honey bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473
Belongs to Apis (Synapis) according to A. Nel et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Apis (Synapis) dalica, Apis (Synapis) henshawi
Type specimen: Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forets 173, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (Nancy coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Céreste (MNHN coll)
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