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 (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, 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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