Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58
Belongs to Bombus according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976
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 luianus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 2008, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bombus florissantensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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