Oligobombus Temporal range: Priabonian
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Oligobombus cuspidatus holotype wing | |
Scientific classification | |
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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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 The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]