Bombus proavus Cockerell 1931 (bumble bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1931. II Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24:307-322

Belongs to Bombus according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976

See also Cockerell 1931

Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Megabombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus vetustus

Type specimen: MCZ 2940a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Spokane, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Latah Formation of Washington.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Idaho, Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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