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Electrapis meliponoides

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Apis meliponoides was named by von Buttel-Reepen (1906) [Neotype designated by Engel, 2001]. Its type specimen is AMNH B-JH 97, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Electrapis meliponoides by Cockerell (1908), Cockerell (1909), Spahr (1987) and Engel (2001); it was recombined as Electrapis (Electrapis) meliponoides by Zeuner and Manning (1976) and Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Apis meliponoides Buttel-Reepen
1906Apis meliponoides von Buttel-Reepen p. 158 fig. 3
1908Electrapis meliponoides Cockerell p. 326
1909Electrapis meliponoides Cockerell p. 9 fig. 4
1976Electrapis (Electrapis) meliponoides Zeuner and Manning p. 229 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6
1987Electrapis meliponoides Spahr p. 12
2001Electrapis meliponoides Engel p. 158
2021Electrapis (Electrapis) meliponoides Engel p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusElectrapis
speciesmeliponoides()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Electrapis meliponoides von Buttel-Reepen 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Apis meliponoides (123927) Electrapis meliponoides (123493)