Engel, Michael S.Wang, BoAlqarni, Abdulaziz S.Jia, Lin-BoSu, TaoZhou, Zhe-kunWappler, TorstenOhl, M2019-11-082019-11-082018-07-19Engel MS, Wang B, Alqarni AS, Jia L-B, Su T, Zhou Z-k, Wappler T (2018) A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 775: 117–129. https:// doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.775.24909https://hdl.handle.net/1808/29748While fossils of honey bees (Apini: Apis Linnaeus) are comparatively abundant in European Oligocene and Miocene deposits, the available material from Asia is scant and represented by only a handful of localities. It is therefore significant to report a new deposit with a fossil honey bee from southern China. Apis (Synapis) dalica Engel & Wappler, sp. n., is described and figured from Middle Miocene sediments of Maguan County, southeastern Yunnan Province, China. This is the first fossil bee from the Cenozoic of southern China, and is distinguished from its close congeners present at the slightly older locality of Shanwang, Shandong in northeastern China. The species can be distinguished on the basis of wing venation differences from other Miocene Apis.Copyright Michael S. Engel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/AculeataApinaeApisApoideaMioceneTaxonomyArticle10.3897/zookeys.775.24909openAccess