Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1990. New fossil species of Apoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 15:83-91
Belongs to Bombus according to M. Dehon et al. 2019
See also Zhang 1990 and Zhang et al. 1994
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 coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum s82771, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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