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Bombus (Calyptapis)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Calyptapis was named by Cockerell (1906). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Bombus (Calyptapis) by Engel and Wappler (2025).

It was assigned to Anthophoridae by Cockerell (1906); to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908), Cockerell (1908); to Bombini by Dehon et al. (2019), Engel (2021); and to Bombus by Engel and Wappler (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Calyptapis Cockerell p. 41
1908Calyptapis Cockerell p. 324
2019Calyptapis Dehon et al. p. 83
2021Calyptapis Engel p. 51
2025Bombus (Calyptapis) Engel and Wappler

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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()

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.

Subg. †Bombus (Calyptapis) Cockerell 1906
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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 106384)