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Bombus (Calyptapis) florissantensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Calyptapis florissantensis was named by Cockerell (1906). Its type specimen is Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 2008, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Bombus florissantensis by Zeuner and Manning (1976); it was recombined as Bombus (Calyptapis) florissantensis by Engel and Wappler (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Calyptapis florissantensis Cockerell p. 42
1908Calyptapis florissantensis Cockerell p. 325
1976Bombus florissantensis Zeuner and Manning p. 212
2019Calyptapis florissantensis Dehon et al. p. 84 figs. 1B, 3B
2021Calyptapis florissantensis Engel p. 51
2025Bombus (Calyptapis) florissantensis Engel and Wappler p. 2123 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeBombini
genusBombus
subgenusCalyptapis()
speciesflorissantensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Calyptapis florissantensis (106380 type locality: 106384)