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D\u00e9couvert dans la pr\u00e9fecture de Hyogo, au Japon, ce fossile appartient \u00e0 une esp\u00e8ce qui a v\u00e9cu durant le Plioc\u00e8ne sup\u00e9rieur \u2013 Pl\u00e9istoc\u00e8ne inf\u00e9rieur, une p\u00e9riode pour laquelle aucun fossile d'abeille n'avait \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9 auparavant. L'esp\u00e8ce, identifi\u00e9e sur la base de caract\u00e9ristiques morphologiques, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e <em>Apis aibai <\/em>en l'honneur du pal\u00e9ontologue japonais Hiroaki Aiba. Il semble \u00eatre un anc\u00eatre de <em>Apis nigrocincta<\/em>, une esp\u00e8ce qui vit actuellement aux Philippines et qui est \u00e9troitement apparent\u00e9e \u00e0 <em>Apis cerana japonica<\/em>, la seule esp\u00e8ce d'abeille indig\u00e8ne du Japon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aller \u00e0 l'article scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zookeys.pensoft.net\/article\/162389\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un fossile d'une nouvelle esp\u00e8ce d'abeille mellif\u00e8re comble une lacune de plusieurs millions d'ann\u00e9es dans l'histoire \u00e9volutive des abeilles mellif\u00e8res. 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