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Calyptapis
Temporal range: Chadronian
34–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Calyptapis florissantensis 1908 specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: †Calyptapis
Species: †C. florissantensis
Binomial name
†Calyptapis florissantensis
Cockerell, 1906

Calyptapis is an extinct bombini genus related to bumblebees with one described species Calyptapis florissantensis. It is known only from the Late Eocene Chadronian age shales of the Florissant Formation in Colorado. The genus and species were described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1906.

References

  1. "Bombus florissantensis Cockerell 1906 (bumble bee)". FossilWorks. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Cockerell, T. D. A (1906). "Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 50 (2): 33–58.
Taxon identifiers
Calyptapis florissantensis

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