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Apis (Synapis) petrefacta (petrified honey bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Synapis petrefacta was named by Říha (1973). Its type specimen is NMP P-399/400, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jesuitengraben, near Kundratice, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine claystone in Czechia.

It was recombined as Apis petrefacta by Engel (1998), Engel et al. (2009); it was recombined as Apis (Synapis) petrefacta by Nel et al. (1999), Engel (1999), Takahashi and Takahashi (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Synapis petrefacta Říha p. 217 fig. 1
1998Apis petrefacta Engel p. 275
1999Apis (Synapis) petrefacta Engel p. 188
1999Apis (Synapis) petrefacta Nel et al. p. 256
2009Apis petrefacta Engel et al. p. 3
2025Apis (Synapis) petrefacta Takahashi and Takahashi p. 292

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
speciespetrefacta()

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) petrefacta Říha 1973 [petrified honey bee]
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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: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Synapis petrefacta (161260)