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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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Sophrobombus Cockerell p. 326
1976Sophrobombus Zeuner and Manning p. 213
1992Sophrobombus Carpenter
2021Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Engel p. 47

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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
subgenusSophrobombus()

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. †Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Cockerell 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available