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Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Electrapis micheneri was named by Wappler and Engel (2003). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Electrapis micheneri Wappler p. 122 fig. 86
2003Electrapis micheneri Wappler and Engel p. 915 fig. 7
2021Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri 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
Hymenopterida
RankNameAuthor
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
Apiti
CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusElectrapis
subgenusMesomelissa
speciesmicheneri()

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 (Mesomelissa) micheneri Wappler and Engel 2003
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: MP 13 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Electrapis micheneri (138912)