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Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega was named by Engel (2021). Its type specimen is NIGP 176093, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Zhangpu amber, which is in a Langhian terrestrial amber in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega Engel p. 25 figs. 24-43
2023Tetragonula (Tetragonula) florilega Engel et al. p. 292

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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
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeHypotrigonina
—Heterotrigonitae
genusTetragonula
subgenusTetragonula
speciesflorilega

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Tetragonula sp. (type locality: 220273)