Protobombus Cockerell 1908 (bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative spelling: Electrapis (Protobombus)

Synonym: Chalcobombus Cockerell 1908

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions and records of bees. XX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 2:323-334

Parent taxon: Electrapina according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1908, Engel 2001, Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013, Wappler 2003, Wappler and Engel 2003 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxon: Electrapis

Subtaxa: Protobombus (Protobombus) Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Protobombus (Thnetobombus)

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (4 collections), India (1), the Russian Federation (10)

Total: 15 collections including 24 occurrences

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