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A new interpretation of the bee fossil Melitta willardi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) based on geometric morphometrics of the wing

Abstract. Although bees are one of the major lineages of pollinators and are today quite diverse, few well-preserved fossils are available from which to establish the tempo of their diversification/extinction since the Early Cretaceous. Here we present a reassessment of the taxonomic affinities of M...

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Autores principales: Dewulf, Alexandre, De Meulemeester, Thibaut, Dehon, Manuel, Engel, Michael S., Michez, Denis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24715773
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.389.7076