Bombus pusillus Menge, 1856: 27

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2001, A Monograph Of The Baltic Amber Bees And Evolution Of The Apoidea (Hymenoptera), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (259), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Bombus pusillus Menge, 1856: 27 .

COMMENTS: A supposed bumble bee that was described as ‘‘... ist kaum 3 mill. lang und 1 mill. breit. Behaarung gelblich weisz, auf dem brustrücken zottig.’’ (Transl. ‘‘... is scarcely three millimeters long and 1 millimeter wide. Pilosity yellowish­white, of the thoracic dorsum shaggy’’; translation of the author). It is hard to imagine what this species might have been (perhaps a spheciform or other aculeate?). If indeed a bee , then it was certainly one of the smallest in Baltic amber.