†Proplebeia abdita Greco and Engel 2011 (stingless bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. K. Greco and M. S. Engel. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology. Insectes Sociaux 58:491-492
Belongs to Proplebeia according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Greco and Engel 2011
Sister taxa: Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia silacea, Proplebeia tantilla, Proplebeia vetusta
Type specimen: NHM II 3044, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican Amber (NHML/BMNH collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican Amber (NHML/BMNH collection)
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