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Melikertes (Melikertes) proavus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Apis proava was named by Menge (1856). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 18757, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Electrapis (Roussyana) proava by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Wille (1977); it was recombined as Electrapis proava by Spahr (1987); it was recombined as Electrapis (Melikertes) proava by Engel (1999); it was recombined as Melikertes proavus by Engel (2001); it was recombined as Melikertes (Melikertes) proavus by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Apis proava Menge p. 26
1976Electrapis (Roussyana) proava Zeuner and Manning p. 236 figs. Pl. 3, Figs. 3, 4
1977Electrapis (Roussyana) proava Wille p. 43
1987Electrapis proava Spahr p. 12
1999Electrapis (Melikertes) proava Engel p. 134
2001Melikertes proavus Engel pp. 124-125
2021Melikertes (Melikertes) proavus Engel p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMelikertini
genusMelikertes()
subgenusMelikertes
speciesproavus()

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.

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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 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Apis proava (type locality: 120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Melikertes proavus (123493 123766)