†Bombus abavus Heer 1867 (bumble bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
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 anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: SN.201, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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