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Apis (Synapis) henshawi (Henshaw's honey bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Apis (Synapis) henshawi was named by Cockerell (1907). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (MCZ coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in the Rott Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Apis henshawi by Engel (1998), Engel (2006), Engel et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Apis (Synapis) henshawi henshawi Cockerell
1907Apis (Synapis) henshawi Cockerell p. 229
1908Apis (Synapis) henshawi Cockerell p. 326
1915Apis oligocenica Meunier p. 210 figs. Pl 21, fig 4; text-fig 4
1931Synapis kaschkei Statz p. 50 figs. 10, 11
1937Apis cuenoti Theobald p. 401 figs. Pl VIII fig 8; Pl XXVIII fig 8
1976Apis (Synapis) cuenoti Zeuner and Manning p. 240
1976Apis (Synapis) henshawi Zeuner and Manning p. 240
1976Apis (Synapis) henshawi dormiens Zeuner and Manning p. 241 figs. Pl. 4, Figs. 1-5
1976Apis (Synapis) henshawi henshawi Zeuner and Manning p. 242
1976Apis (Synapis) henshawi kaschkei Zeuner and Manning p. 243
1996Apis aquisextana Arillo et al. p. 60 fig. 3,4
1996Apis aquisextana Nel et al. p. 60 fig. 3,4
1998Apis henshawi Engel p. 267 figs. 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 11
1999Apis (Synapis) henshawi Engel p. 187
1999Apis (Synapis) cuenoti Nel et al. p. 245 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-figs 2B-G, 3A-E
1999Apis (Synapis) henshawi Nel et al. p. 248
1999Apis (Synapis) henshawi kaschkei Nel et al. p. 249 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1999Apis aquisextusensis Nel et al. p. 253 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; text-fig 4
2006Apis henshawi Engel p. 10
2009Apis henshawi Engel et al. p. 3

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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
tribeApini
genusApis
subgenusSynapis
specieshenshawi

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.

†Apis (Synapis) henshawi Cockerell 1907 [Henshaw's honey bee]
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Invalid names: Apis (Synapis) henshawi dormiens Zeuner and Manning 1976 [invalid subgroup], Apis (Synapis) henshawi henshawi Cockerell 1907 [invalid subgroup], Apis aquisextana Nel et al. 1996 [synonym], Apis aquisextusensis Nel et al. 1999 [synonym], Apis cuenoti Theobald 1937 [synonym], Apis oligocenica Meunier 1915 [synonym], Synapis kaschkei Statz 1931 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Apis cuenoti (122535)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Apis aquisextana (122501)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Synapis kaschkei, Synapis dormitans (122010)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Apis henshawi, Apis dormitans (type locality: 152455) Apis oligocenica (138696)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Apis henshawi (127620)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain Apis aquisextana (123306)