Eulaema (Apeulaema) zigrasi Engel 2014 (orchid bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2014. An orchid bee of the genus Eulaema in early Miocene Mexican amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 7:1-15

Belongs to Eulaema (Apeulaema) according to M. S. Engel 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JZC-MX-0023B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (Zigras collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Zigras collection)

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