†Ocymoromelitta sorella Engel 2002 (sweat bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2002. Halictine bees from the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Florissant, Colorado (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 225:251-273
Belongs to Ocymoromelitta according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Engel 2002
Sister taxa: Ocymoromelitta florissantella, Ocymoromelitta miocenica
Type specimen: MCZ 3946, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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