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A Miocene halictine bee from Rubielos de Mora Basin, Spain (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

by: Engel, Michael S

Publication date: 2006

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Topics: Halictus petrefactus, Bees, Fossil, Insects, Fossil, Paleontology, Bees, Fossil -- Spain -- Rubielos de Mora, Insects, Fossil -- Spain -- Rubielos de Mora, Paleontology -- Miocene -- Spain -- Rubielos de Mora, Paleontology -- Spain -- Rubielos de Mora

Publisher: New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 3503

10 p. : 26 cm

A new species of halictine bee (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae) is described and figured from laminated mudstones of early Miocene age from Rubielos de Mora Basin, Teruel, Spain. Halictus petrefactus, new species, is the first bee from these deposits to be formally described. The geological history of the Halictidae and of the bees as a whole is briefly reviewed

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"January 12, 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 9-10)

Abstract: A new species of halictine bee (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae) is described and figured from laminated mudstones of early Miocene age from Rubielos de Mora Basin, Teruel, Spain. Halictus petrefactus, new species, is the first bee from these deposits to be formally described. The geological history of the Halictidae and of the bees as a whole is briefly reviewed.