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Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) electrapoides

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Eckfeldapis electrapoides was named by Lutz (1993). Its type specimen is NHM PE 1992/614, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1992 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Electrapis (Electrapis) electrapoides by Engel (1998); it was recombined as Electrapis electrapoides by Wappler (2003); it was recombined as Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) electrapoides by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Eckfeldapis electrapoides Lutz p. 180 figs. 1, 2, 3b, 4, 6, 7
1998Electrapis (Electrapis) electrapoides Engel p. 101
2003Electrapis electrapoides Wappler p. 123 figs. 87; Pl 16 fig d
2021Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) electrapoides 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
subgenusEckfeldapis()
specieselectrapoides()

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