†Roussyana palmnickenensis Roussy 1937 (bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combinations: Apis palmnickenensis, Electrapis palmnickenensis, Trigona (Roussyana) palmnickenensis
Synonym: Electrapis minuta Kelner-Pillault 1970
Full reference: L. Roussy. 1937. Contributions a l'étude de l'abeille Tertiare, de ses parasites et de ses ennemis. La Gazette Apicole 38(388):49-71
Belongs to Roussyana according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Engel 2001, Kelner-Pillault 1970, Kerr and da Cunha 1976, Manning 1960, Morris 1976, Roussy 1937, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Roussyana palmnickenensis: MfN MB.I.1945, an exoskeleton
- Electrapis minuta: MfN NB.I.1945, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Zoological Museum, Humboldt Univ Berlin (ZHMB MfN) Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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