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Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Protobombus messelensis was named by Wappler and Engel (2003). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis by Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Protobombus messelensis Wappler and Engel p. 911 figs. 2.4-2.6, 3.3
2021Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis 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
—Hymenopterida
RankNameAuthor
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusProtobombus
subgenusProtobombus
speciesmesselensis()

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.

†Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis Wappler and Engel 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available