Anthophorula persephone

Anthophorula persephone; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Anthophorula
Subgenus:	Anthophorula
Species:	†A. persephone
Binomial name
	†Anthophorula persephone; Engel, 2012

Anthophorula (Anthophorula) persephone is an extinct species of bee in the subfamily Apinae known from a pair of possibly Miocene^[1] fossils found on Hispaniola. A. persephone is the first species of the bee tribe Exomalopsini to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is the only species of Anthophorula found in the West Indies.^[2]^[3]

^ Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 51–62.
^ Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A.; González, V.H.; Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A.; Michener, C.D. (2012). "An exomalopsine bee in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3758): 1–16. doi:10.1206/3758.2. S2CID 82179983.
^ Woodruff, R.E. (2009). "A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0098: 1–10.

[Poinar2011-1] Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 51–62.

[Engel2012-2] Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A.; González, V.H.; Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A.; Michener, C.D. (2012). "An exomalopsine bee in early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3758): 1–16. doi:10.1206/3758.2. S2CID 82179983.

[Woodruff2009-3] Woodruff, R.E. (2009). "A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0098: 1–10.

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