The bees of Early Eocene Cambay amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Engel, Michael S. Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive - Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA (msengel @ ku. edu; jaimeortega @ ku. edu). & Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West Author Ortega-Blanco, Jaime Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive - Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA (msengel @ ku. edu; jaimeortega @ ku. edu). Author Nascimbene, Paul C. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West Author Singh, Hukam Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, India (hukams @ gmail. com). text Journal of Melittology 2013 2013-12-17 2013 25 1 12 https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i25.4659 journal article 302762 10.17161/jom.v0i25.4659 a954f134-084d-41e5-8a41-61af66929a3b 2325-4467 13736871 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9AFCD1E3-42B6-4CB3-8321-35C60579289C Paramelikertes Engel & Ortega-Blanco, new subgenus ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 08DFB6FD-5DC6-4EBF-ABEE-F19E1E031A2C TYPE SPECIES : Melikertes ( Paramelikertes ) gujaratensis Engel & Ortega-Blanco , new species . DIAGNOSIS: This new group can be differentiated from Melikertes s.str . ( Engel, 2001a ) by the presence of only two submarginal cells ( Figs. 2 , 3 ), the confluence of 2rs-m with 2m-cu, the more elongate and narrow marginal cell, the marginal cell apex acutely pointed on the wing margin, the more densely setose metasoma, and the more strongly developed and dense stout bristles of the mid- and hind legs. Like Melikertes the malar space is apparently short, the clypeus lacks the clypeal protrusion typical of Succinapis Engel , the mesoscutellum apparently does not project over the metanotum, and the metasomal terga are not banded. Figure 3. Holotype worker (AMNH Tad-41-A) of Melikertes ( Paramelikertes ) gujaratensis , new subgenus and species . ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Greek prefix para (meaning, “near”) and Melikertes , type genus of the tribe. The name is masculine. COMMENTS: The genus Melikertes Engel was previously known from three species in Baltic amber – Melikertes proavus (Menge) , M . stilbonotus (Engel) , and M . clypeatus Engel ( Table 1 ). Two new species are added here, one in the new subgenus, and the remainder classified in Melikertes s.str .