Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58
Belongs to Bombus according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus luianus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 2008, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bombus florissantensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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