Apis nearctica | |
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A fossil of Apis nearctica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Apis |
Species: | †A. nearctica |
Binomial name | |
†Apis nearctica Engel, Hinojosa-Díaz & Rasnitsyn, 2009 |
Apis nearctica is an extinct species of honey bee which existed in what is now the United States, during the middle Miocene period. It was described by Michael S. Engel, Ismael A. Hinojosa-Díaz, and Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn in 2009, and is the first fossil honey bee described from the New World.
Books[]
Apis nearctica/Book
In the Media[]
- Apis nearctica is one of the creatures that appears in ARK: Survival Evolved.