Electrapis krishnorum

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 Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: †Electrapini
Genus: †Electrapis
Species: Electrapis krishnorum

Name

Electrapis krishnorum Engel, 2001: 94, figs. 65–67.

Holotype: BMNH II1926.

Type locality: Eocene of Germany.

Etymology: The speciﬁc epithet is a patronymic honoring the author's friends and colleagues Drs. Kumar and Valerie Krishna, world’s authorities on termites and medieval literature, respectively.

References

Engel, M.S. 2001: 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.

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