Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combination: Protobombus messelensis
Full reference: T. Wappler and M. Engel. 2003. The Middle Eocene Bee Faunas of Eckfeld and Messel, Germany (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Paleontology 77(5):908-921
Belongs to Protobombus (Protobombus) according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Wappler and Engel 2003
Sister taxa: Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus, Protobombus (Protobombus) indecisus, Protobombus (Protobombus) tristellus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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