Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combination: Bombus atavus
Full reference: O. Heer. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 22:1-42
Belongs to Xylocopa according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1909
See also Heer 1867
Sister taxa: Xylocopa celineae, Xylocopa diatoma, Xylocopa friesei, Xylocopa gabrielae, Xylocopa hydrobiae, Xylocopa jurinei, Xylocopa obata, Xylocopa senilis, Xylocopa veta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (unspecified collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)
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