Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combinations: Apidae melisuga, Apis melisuga

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120

Belongs to Apis (Apis) according to A. Nel et al. 1999

See also Engel 1998 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Apis (Apis) armbrusteri, Apis (Apis) mellifera

Type specimen: NHMW 1984/32/264, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gabbro (Bosniaski collection) (Miocene of Italy)

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