Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combination: Apis (Synapis) miocenica

Synonyms: Apis fota Zhang 1989, Apis shandongica Zhang 1989

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15

Belongs to Apis according to M. S. Engel et al. 2009

See also Engel 1998, Engel 1999, Hong 1984, Hong and Wang 1985, Nel et al. 1999 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Apis (Apis), Apis (Cascapis), Apis (Priorapis), Apis (Synapis), Apis armbrusteri, Apis lithohermaea, Apis longitibia, Apis mellifera, Apis petrefacta, Apis vetusta, Hauffapis

Type specimens:

• Apis miocenica: Beijing Natural History Museum 79040, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
• Apis fota: 830072, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
• Apis shandongica: 820158, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

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