Anthophorula persephone

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Exomalopsini
Genus: Anthophorula
Species: †A. persephone

Name

• Anthophorula persephone

Etymology

• goddess Persephone, Greek mythology

Type material

• Holotype: Division of Invertebrate Zoology collections, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; # DR-KL 1, 2 females

Type locality

• Burdigalian, Miocene; Dominican amber, undetermined amber mine, Cordillera Septentrional mountains, northern Dominican Republic

References

• Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A.; González, V.H.; Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A.; Michener, C.D. 2012. An exomalopsine bee in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. American Museum novitates, 3758: 1–16. doi:10.1206/3758.2. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503115021/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6371/N3758.pdf?sequence=1.