Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combinations: Apis petrefacta, Synapis petrefacta

Full reference: P. Říha. 1973. Synapis petrefacta sp. n., eine neue Bienenart aus dem Tertiär des Böhmischen Mittelgebirges. Vĕstnik Ústředniho Ústavu Geologického 48:217-220

Belongs to Apis (Synapis) according to Y. Takahashi and J. Takahashi 2025

See also Engel 1998, Engel 1999, Engel et al. 2009, Nel et al. 1999 and Říha 1973

Sister taxa: Apis (Synapis) cuenoti, Apis (Synapis) dalica, Apis (Synapis) henshawi, Apis (Synapis) longitibia, Apis (Synapis) miocenica

Type specimen: NMP P-399/400, an exoskeleton

Distribution: found only at Jesuitengraben, near Kundratice (Oligocene of Czechia)

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