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Apis vetusta
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Apis vetustus was named by Engel (1998). Its type specimen is MCZ 7514, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (MCZ coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in the Rott Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Apis (Priorapis) vetusta by Engel (1999); it was corrected as Apis vetusta by Engel et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Apis (Priorapis) vetusta by Engel (1999); it was corrected as Apis vetusta by Engel et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Apis vetustus Engel p. 271 fig. 4,7,12 |
| 1999 | Apis (Priorapis) vetusta Engel p. 188 |
| 2009 | Apis vetusta Engel et al. p. 3 |
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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.
†Apis vetusta Engel 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||