A new species of Ctenoplectrella in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Engel, Michael S.

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2008-01-01

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Engel, Michael S.

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Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum

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Abstract

A new species of the extinct bee genus Ctenoplectrella Cockerell (Megachilinae: Ctenoplectrellini) is described and figured from two females preserved in a single piece of middle Eocene (Lutetian) Baltic amber. Ctenoplectrella gorskii Engel, sp. n. is distinguished from other species of the genus most notably in the venation of the forewing.

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Engel, Michael S. (2008). "A new species of Ctenoplectrella in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)." Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 54(4):319-324. http://actazool.nhmus.hu/54/4/ac54_4.html

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