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 The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]
| Oligobombus Temporal range: Priabonian
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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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References
edit- ^ "†Oligobombus Antropov 2014 (bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
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