Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities
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Dehon, Manuel
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Engel, Michael S.
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Gerard, Maxence
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Aytekin, A. Murat
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Ghisbain, Guillaume
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Williams, Paul H.
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Rasmont, Pierre
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Michez, Denis
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ZooKeys
2019
891
71
118
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.36027
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.36027
1313-2970-891-71
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Genus
Oligobombus Antropov, 2014
Type species.
Oligobombus cuspidatus
Antropov, 2014, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Sex unknown. Forewing distinctly pointed apically (apparently taphonomically altered); three submarginal cells of approximately equal sizes; marginal cell elongate, longer than distance between its apex and forewing tip, with apex roundly truncate; forewing distal membrane papillate; pterostigma short, with margin within marginal cell straight, approximately 4.0 times as long as prestigma; r-rs arising from distal part of pterostigma after its midpoint; 1rs-m straight; 2rs-m with posterior half curved apically; angle between 1rs-m and part of M inside third submarginal cell obtuse; first submarginal cell with an oblique translucent vein rs and not wider than second submarginal cell; second submarginal cell shorter than third marginal cell; third submarginal cell widest; 1m-cu slightly curved anteriorly, reaching second submarginal cell in its midpoint; 2m-cu curved anteriorly, reaching M basad 2rs-m; distance between anterior ends of 1m-cu and 2m-cu exceeding their length; basal vein slightly basad cu-a. See
Antropov et al. (2014)
for original diagnosis.