Oligobombus
Oligobombus Temporal range: Priabonian
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Oligobombus cuspidatus holotype wing | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | †Oligobombus Antropov, 2014 |
Species: | †O. cuspidatus
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Binomial name | |
†Oligobombus cuspidatus Antropov, 2014
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Oligobombus is an extinct genus of bumblebee relatives in the tribe Bombini, containing the single species Oligobombus cuspidatus. The genus and species were described by Antropov (2014) based on a single fore-wing from the Late Eocene Bembridge Marls Insect Bed on the Isle of Wight, England. The fossil was described by re-examining a specimen in the Smith Collection. The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ "†Oligobombus Antropov 2014 (bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Antropov, A. V.; et al. (May 2014). "The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 104: 1–112. doi:10.1017/S1755691014000103.
Categories:
- Bumblebees
- Eocene insects
- Fossil bee taxa
- Priabonian life
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Paleogene England
- Fossils of England
- Fossil taxa described in 2014
- Insects described in 2014
- Apinae stubs
- Prehistoric insect stubs