Oligochlora

Oligochlora
Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Oligochlora semirugosa holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Tribe: Augochlorini
Genus: †Oligochlora
Engel, 1996
Subgenera and species
  • Oligochlora (Oligochlora)
    • O. eickworti
    • O. grimaldii
    • O. micheneri
    • O. semirugosa
  • Oligochlora (Soliapis)
    • O. marquettorum
    • O. rozeni

Oligochlora is an extinct genus of sweat bee in the Halictidae subfamily Halictinae.[1] The genus currently contains six species, all of which are known from the early Miocene Burdigalian[2] stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[3]

  1. ^ Engel, M.S. (1995). "New Augochlorine Bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Dominican Amber, with a Brief Review of Fossil Halictidae". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 69 (4): 334–349. JSTOR 25085728.
  2. ^ Engel, M.S. (2009). "Two new halictine bees in Miocene Amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)". ZooKeys (29): 1–12. Bibcode:2009ZooK...29....1E. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.257. hdl:1808/5625.
  3. ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.