Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and T. Wappler. 2025. Taxonomic names, in 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist 248:2111-2127
Belongs to Bombus according to M. S. Engel and T. Wappler 2025
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 dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Type specimen: NHMMZ PE 2001/5215a-LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Enspel, horizon S14, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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