Melittosphex burmensis
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melittosphex-burmensis-273-4875167
title:
Melittosphex burmensis
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Melittosphex burmensis is an aculeate wasp that was formerly considered one of the two oldest-known species of bees. The species was described from an inclusion in Burmese amber in the year 2006 by George Poinar Jr., a zoologist at Oregon State University. The fossil was found in a mine in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar and is believed to date from the Cretaceous Period, 100 million years ago.
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description:
Extinct species of bee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melittosphex_burmensis
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date modified:
2023-04-27T17:58:28Z
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