Wasp and Bee Trace Fossils

  • Jorge Fernando Genise
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Abstract

Fictovichnus sciuttoi and Fictovichnus aragon, and unnamed trace fossils interpreted as fossil wasp cocoons, are described and illustrated, including the type material. The history of structures confused with cocoons or being cocoons described as something else is briefly reviewed. F. sciuttoi has been recorded as a component of a food web related to a dinosaur egg and other vertebrate remains. The ichnogenera attributed to bees: Celliforma, Palmiraichnus, Corimbatichnus, Rosellichnus, Uruguay, Elipsoideichnus and Cellicalichnus, and their ichnospecies are reviewed. Celliforma is represented by internal molds of chambers having one end rounded and the other either truncated or capped by a flat or conical closure in some cases showing a spiral design. It is interpreted as fossil bee cells, and includes C. spirifer, C. germanica, C. rosellii, and C. curvata. Palmiraichnus castellanosi, P. septata and P. bedfordi are fossil bee cells that show discrete walls and antechambers. They are attributed to Andrenidae and Stenotritidae. Corimbatichnus fernandezi is a cluster of excavated cells, densely packed and arranged in rows that open in a convex surface of the cluster. It is attributed to Augochlorini (Halictidae). Rosellichnus patagonicus and R. arabicus are clusters of cells showing discrete walls and arranged in rows. The cell entrances are in the same flat surface. Uruguay auroranormae and U. rivasi are clusters of cells showing discrete walls and antechambers. Cell entrances open in a concave surface of the cluster. They are interpreted as constructed by Oxaeinae, since individual cells are identical to Palmiraichnus castellanosi. Elipsoideichnus meyeri is an outstanding trace fossil known from a few partial specimens composed of a helical tunnel that shows in each whorl two opposed cell. The spiral closure of cells indicates its bee origin, although no extant bee construct such structure. Cellicalichnus dakotensis, C. chubutensis, C. ficoides, and C. habari are represented by whorls of sessile cells attached to a main tunnel, and consequently interpreted as nests of Halictini (Halictidae). Cretaceous specimens are one of the oldest evidence of bees. Color plates of type material, morphological details and representative cases are provided.

Keywords

Trace fossils of solitary wasps and bees Fictovichnus Celliforma Palmiraichnus Corimbatichnus Rosellichnus Uruguay Elipsoideichnus Cellicalichnus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jorge Fernando Genise
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.National Research Council of ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentina
  2. 2.National Ichnological Collection and Division Icnología of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias NaturalesPresident of the First International Congress on Ichnology (Ichnia 2004)Buenos AiresArgentina

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