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Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Chalcobombus hirsutus was named by Cockerell (1908) [Neotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH BJH 92, 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 Protobombus hirsutus by Engel (2001); it was recombined as Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Chalcobombus hirsutus Cockerell p. 326 figs. 877. 5d
1909Chalcobombus hirsutus Cockerell p. 12 fig. 8
1976Chalcobombus hirsutus Zeuner and Manning p. 207
1987Chalcobombus hirsutus Spahr p. 11
2001Protobombus hirsutus Engel pp. 108-109 figs. 77, PL 5d
2021Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus Engel p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
RankNameAuthor
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusProtobombus
subgenusProtobombus
specieshirsutus()

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 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Chalcobombus hirsutus (type locality: 123927) Protobombus hirsutus (123493 123773 123928)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Protobombus hirsutus (123419)