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Melittosphex burmensis : ウィキペディア英語版 | Melittosphex burmensis
''Melittosphex burmensis'' is the oldest-known species of bee. The species was discovered as an amber inclusion in the year 2006 by George Poinar, Jr., a zoologist at Oregon State University. The amber 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. ==Etymology==
Melitta is a form of the Greek word μέλισσα (''melissa''), "honey bee",〔(μέλισσα ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus.〕 while Sphex is a transliteration of the Greek word σφήξ, wasp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sphex )〕
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