†Paleoepeolus Dehon et al. 2017 (cuckoo bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. Dehon, M. S. Engel, and D. Michez. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Antiquity of cleptoparasitism among bees revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of a Paleocene fossil nomadine (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology 42:543-554
Parent taxon: Epeolini according to M. Dehon et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Paleoepeolus micheneri
Type: Paleoepeolus micheneri
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNHN collection) (Paleocene of France)
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