Calyptapis

Calyptapis florissantensis is an extinct bumblebee. It is known only from the Chadronian (Eocene) lacustrine – large shale of Florissant in the United States. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1906.[1][2]

Calyptapis florissantensis
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Calyptapis
Species:
C. florissantensis
Binomial name
Calyptapis florissantensis
Cockerell, 1906

References

  1. "Bombus florissantensis Cockerell 1906 (bumble bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. Cockerell, T. D. A (1906). "Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 50 (2): 33–58.


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