Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: J. Zhang, B. Sun, and X. Zhang. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong 1-298

Belongs to Bombus according to M. Dehon et al. 2019

See also 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 florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus

Type specimen: Shanwang Fossil Protection Post SK000406, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.)

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