Bombus (Calyptapis) Cockerell 1906 (bumble bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative spelling: Calyptapis

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58

Parent taxon: Bombus according to M. S. Engel and T. Wappler 2025

See also Cockerell 1906, Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1908, Dehon et al. 2019 and Engel 2021

Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), 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 messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus

Subtaxa: Bombus (Calyptapis) florissantensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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