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Calyptapis

Calyptapis florissantensis
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Calyptapis
Species: C. florissantensis
Binomial name
Calyptapis florissantensis
Cockerell, 1906

Calyptapis florissantensis is an extinct bumblebee. It is known only from the Chadronian (Eocene) lacustrine – large shale of Florissant in the USA. It was described by Cockerell in 1906.



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