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Protobombus (Protobombus) tristellus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Protobombus tristellus was named by Cockerell (1909) [Neotype]. Its type specimen is MfN MB.I.1943, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Electrapis (Protobombus) tristellus by Cockerell (1909), Zeuner and Manning (1976); it was recombined as Electrapis tristellus by Spahr (1987); it was recombined as Protobombus (Protobombus) tristellus by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Electrapis (Protobombus) tristellus Cockerell p. 24
1909Protobombus tristellus Cockerell p. 24
1976Electrapis (Protobombus) tristellus Zeuner and Manning p. 233
1987Electrapis tristellus Spahr p. 12
2001Protobombus tristellus Engel pp. 107-108
2021Protobombus (Protobombus) tristellus Engel p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusProtobombus
subgenusProtobombus
speciestristellus()

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Protobombus tristellus (123757 type locality: 123927)