Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combinations: Nogueirapis silacea, Trigona (Nogueirapis) silacea
Full reference: A. Wille. 1959. A new fossil stingless bee (Meliponini) from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 33(5):849-852
Belongs to Proplebeia according to M. S. Engel et al. 2023
See also Engel and Michener 2013, Kerr and Maule 1964, Morris 1976, Spahr 1987, Wille 1959 and Wille 1977
Sister taxa: Proplebeia abdita, Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia tantilla, Proplebeia vetusta
Type specimen: UCMP 12601, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5341, San Pedro, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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