Family Melittidae Kawall 1857 (bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Melittidae
Full reference: H. Kawall. 1857. Bienen in Kurland, mit Berücksichtigung von Livland. Correspondenzblatt des Naturforschenden Vereins zu Riga 9:73-80
Parent taxon: Anthophila according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Carpenter 1992, Engel 2001, Hong 1984, Sann et al. 2018, Sharkey 2007 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Paleomelittidae, Stenotritidae
Subtaxa: Macropidinae Melittinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence