Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1931. II Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24:307-322
Belongs to Bombus according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976
See also Cockerell 1931
Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: MCZ 2940a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Spokane, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Latah Formation of Washington.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Idaho, Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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