Oligobombus cuspidatus Antropov 2014 (bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: A. V. Antropov. 2014. Aculeata Scopoli, 1763. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104

Belongs to Oligobombus according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Antropov 2014 and Dehon et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In.17349, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)

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