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Protobombus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Protobombus was named by Cockerell (1908).

It was reranked as Electrapis (Protobombus) by Cockerell (1908) and Zeuner and Manning (1976).

It was assigned to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908); to Electrapis by Cockerell (1908) and Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Electrapini by Engel (2001), Wappler (2003), Wappler and Engel (2003) and Engel and Ortega-Blanco (2013); and to Electrapina by Engel (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Electrapis (Protobombus) Cockerell
1908Chalcobombus Cockerell p. 326
1908Protobombus Cockerell p. 326
1976Electrapis (Protobombus) Zeuner and Manning
1976Chalcobombus Zeuner and Manning p. 206
1992Chalcobombus Carpenter
2001Protobombus Engel
2003Protobombus Wappler p. 121
2003Protobombus Wappler and Engel p. 911
2013Protobombus Engel and Ortega-Blanco p. 3
2021Protobombus Engel p. 46

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusProtobombus

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. †Protobombus Cockerell 1908
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Subg. †Protobombus (Protobombus) Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Chalcobombus humilis Cockerell 1908 [synonym], Electrapis (Electrapis) apoides Manning 1960 [synonym]
†Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis Wappler and Engel 2003
Subg. †Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Cockerell 1908
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Subg. †Protobombus (Thnetobombus) Engel 2021
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†Protobombus (Thnetobombus) pristinus Wappler and Engel 2003
Invalid names: Chalcobombus Cockerell 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available