Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combinations: Chalcobombus hirsutus, Protobombus hirsutus
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
Belongs to Protobombus (Protobombus) according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1909, Engel 2001, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Protobombus (Protobombus) indecisus, Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis, Protobombus (Protobombus) tristellus
Type specimen: AMNH BJH 92, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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