Biology:Oligobombus
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Short description: Extinct species of bumblebee relatives
| Oligobombus | |
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| Oligobombus cuspidatus holotype wing | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Clade: | Corbiculata |
| Tribe: | Bombini |
| Genus: | †Oligobombus Antropov, 2014 |
| Species: | †O. cuspidatus
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| †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 The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]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. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=298444.
- ↑ Antropov, A. V. (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 (3–4): 335–446. doi:10.1017/S1755691014000103. http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1755691014000103.
Wikidata ☰ Q19598174 entry
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