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The first fossil honey bee (Apini: Apis Linnaeus) from the New World is
described and figured, expanding the former native range of the tribe Apini
into the Western Hemisphere. Apis nearctica sp. nov., is represented by a
single female worker preserved in paper shale from the Middle Miocene of
Stewart Valley, Nevada.
The species belongs to the armbrusteri species group (= Cascapis Engel)
and is most similar to the extinct species A. armbrusteri Zeuner from the
Miocene of southwestern Germany. The species is described and its affinities
discussed, as well as its implica- tions for our understanding of honey bee
and corbiculate bee biogeography and evolution.
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"A Honey Bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the
Biogeography of Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini)"
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Series 4, Volume 60, No. 3, pp. 23–38, May 7, 2009
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