Bombus coironensis Riou 1999 (bumble bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: B. Riou. 1999. Descriptions de quelques insectes fossiles du Miocène supérieur de la Montagne d'Andance (Ardèche, France). Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 11/12:123-133

Belongs to Bombus according to B. Riou 1999

Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Calyptapis), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Kronobombus), Bombus (Megabombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus (Timebombus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus

Type specimen: MPVR R-190, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)

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