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Protobombus (Sophrobombus)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Sophrobombus was named by Cockerell (1908).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protobombus by Engel (2001); it was reranked as Protobombus (Sophrobombus) by Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908); to Meliponites by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Protobombus by Engel (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protobombus by Engel (2001); it was reranked as Protobombus (Sophrobombus) by Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Bombidae by Cockerell (1908); to Meliponites by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Protobombus by Engel (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1908 | Sophrobombus Cockerell p. 326 |
1976 | Sophrobombus Zeuner and Manning p. 213 |
1992 | Sophrobombus Carpenter |
2021 | Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Engel p. 47 |
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Subg. †Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Cockerell 1908
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†Protobombus (Sophrobombus) fatalis Cockerell 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available