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Bombus (bumble bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Bombus was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. It is the type genus of Bombini.
It was assigned to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908); to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Bombini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Dehon et al. (2014), Prokop et al. (2017) and Dehon et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908); to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Bombini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Dehon et al. (2014), Prokop et al. (2017) and Dehon et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Bombus Latreille p. 385 |
| 1908 | Bombus Cockerell p. 327 |
| 1976 | Bombus Zeuner and Manning p. 209 |
| 1992 | Bombus Carpenter |
| 2014 | Bombus Dehon et al. p. 8 |
| 2017 | Bombus Prokop et al. p. 48 |
| 2019 | Bombus Dehon et al. p. 85 |
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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.
G. Bombus Latreille 1802 [bumble bee]
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Subg. Bombus (Bombus) Latreille 1802
Subg. Bombus (Cullumanobombus) Vogt 1911
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†Bombus (Cullumanobombus) pristinus Unger 1867
†Bombus (Cullumanobombus) randeckensis Wappler and Engel 2012
†Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius Prokop et al. 2017
Subg. Bombus (Melanobombus) Dalla Torre 1880
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†Bombus (Melanobombus) cerdanyensis Dehon et al. 2014
Subg. Bombus (Mendacibombus) Skorikov 1914
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†Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Invalid names: Oligoapis Nel and Petrulevičius 2003 [synonym]
Subg. †Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
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†Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Subg. Bombus (Psithyrus) Lepeletier 1832 [cuckoo bumblebee]
†Bombus abavus Heer 1867
†Bombus anacolus Zhang et al. 1994
†Bombus coironensis Riou 1999
†Bombus crassipes Novák 1878
†Bombus dilectus Zhang et al. 1994
†Bombus florissantensis Cockerell 1906
†Bombus luianus Zhang 1990
†Bombus proavus Cockerell 1931
†Bombus vetustus Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Turolian or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Turkey | Oligoapis beskonakensis, Paraelectrobombus patriciae (123307) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Spain (Castellon) | Bombus sp. (140797 140799) | |
| Burdigalian | Greece | Bombus pristinus (144526) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Bombus anacolus (138944) Bombus dilectus (138945) Bombus luianus (128552) | |
| MN 3 | Czech Republic | Bombus sp. (105508) | |
| MN 4 | Czech Republic | Bombus crassipes (117612) | |
| Langhian | USA (Idaho) | Bombus proavus (97616) | |
| Langhian | USA (Washington) | Bombus proavus (140652) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Bombus randeckensis (127614) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Bombus abavus (115305 117252) | |
| Vallesian | Spain | Bombus cerdanyensis (114010) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) | Bombus vetustus (117672) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Bombus coironensis (156164) |