Ocymoromelitta miocenica Cockerell 1909 (sweat bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Halictidae

Alternative combination: Halictus miocenicus

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Two fossil bees. Entomological News 20:159-161

Belongs to Ocymoromelitta according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Cockerell 1909, Engel 2002 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Ocymoromelitta florissantella, Ocymoromelitta sorella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (Cockerell Collection)

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