Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combinations: Electrapis (Protobombus) tristellus, Electrapis tristellus, Protobombus tristellus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Some additional bees from Prussian Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 50:21-25
Belongs to Protobombus (Protobombus) according to M. S. Engel 2021
See also Cockerell 1909, Engel 2001, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus, Protobombus (Protobombus) indecisus, Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis
Type specimen: MfN MB.I.1943, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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