Eomacropis

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: Melittidae
Subfamilia: Melittinae
Tribus: Macropidini
Genus: †Eomacropis
Species: E. glaesaria

Name

Eomacropis Engel, 2001: 46

Type species: Eomacropis glaesaria Engel, 2001

Etymology: The name is a combination of eo- (a reference to the epoch name, Eocene) and Macropis, type genus of the Macropidinae. The name is feminine.

References

• Engel, M.S. 2001a: A monograph of the baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 259: 1–192. PDF.