Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1990. New fossil species of Apoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 15:83-91
Belongs to Xylocopa according to J. Zhang et al. 1994
See also Zhang 1990
Sister taxa: Xylocopa atavus, Xylocopa celineae, Xylocopa friesei, Xylocopa gabrielae, Xylocopa hydrobiae, Xylocopa jurinei, Xylocopa obata, Xylocopa senilis, Xylocopa veta
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum s82772, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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