Discoscapa apicula
Discoscapa apicula is an extinct species of crabronid wasp, formerly considered one of the two oldest-known species of bees. The species was described from an amber inclusion in Burmese Amber in 2020 by George Poinar, Jr., a zoologist at Oregon State University. The fossil was found in a mine in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar and is believed to date from the Cretaceous Period, 100 million years ago, the same age as "Melittosphex burmensis", likewise previously considered the oldest known bee species; as it comes from the same amber deposit, these two specimens are considered to be the same approximate age. More recent research has concluded that "D. apicula" is a wasp belonging to the subfamily Crabroninae, placed in its own tribe, Discoscapini.
Q133302
crabronid wasp
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Q7391
bee
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amber inclusion
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Q865750
Burmese Amber
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Q907462
George Poinar, Jr.
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Q431
zoologist
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Q861888
Oregon State University
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Q1082709
Hukawng Valley
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Q836
Myanmar
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Q44626
Cretaceous Period
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Q1946486
Melittosphex burmensis
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Q148664
Crabroninae
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Q85028178
Discoscapa apicula
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2020-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2020
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