Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2025. Taxonomic names, in 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist 248:2111-2127

Parent taxon: Bombus according to M. S. Engel 2025

Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Calyptapis), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Kronobombus), Bombus (Megabombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus

Subtaxa: Bombus (Timebombus) palaeocrater

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Type: Bombus (Timebombus) palaeocrater

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Enspel, horizon S16 (Oligocene of Germany)

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