ammonites
Electrapis tornquisti Cockerell 1908 (bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combination: Electrapis (Electrapis) tornquisti

Synonym: Electrapis bombusoides Kelner-Pillaut 1974

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions and records of bees. XX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 2:323-334

Belongs to Electrapis according to M. S. Engel 2001

Sister taxa: Electrapis (Electrapis), Electrapis (Melikertes), Electrapis (Roussyana), Electrapis electrapoides, Electrapis krishnorum, Electrapis martialis, Electrapis meliponoides, Electrapis micheneri, Electrapis prolata

Type specimens:

  • Electrapis tornquisti: UKGM, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
  • Electrapis bombusoides:

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