Calyptapis_florissantensis

<i>Calyptapis</i>

Calyptapis

Extinct genus of bees

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.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bombus florissantensis Cockerell 1906 (bumble bee)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. [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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