†Paleoepeolus micheneri 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
Belongs to Paleoepeolus according to M. Dehon et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Menat (MNHN collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNHN collection)
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