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 The collection was originally made by A'Court Smith, and purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1877 and 1883.[1][2]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