Oligobombus

Oligobombus Temporal range: Priabonian ~37–34  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Binomial name
†Oligobombus cuspidatus Antropov, 2014

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 The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.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

1. "†Oligobombus Antropov 2014 (bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. 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 (3–4): 335–446. doi:10.1017/S1755691014000103. S2CID   85699800.