Name: Larkinella bombi (Zhang et al. 2024) Quadri et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tellurirhabdus bombi Zhang et al. 2024

Etymology: bom’bi. L. masc. n. bombus, a boom, a deep hollow noise, buzzing, also the zoological genus name of the bumblebee; L. gen. masc. n. bombi, of Bombus, of a bumblebee

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BOM-bi, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2794; IE-0392; JCM 35040

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW888470 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Quadri SR, Nofal W, Alruwaili M. Proposal for reclassifying Tellurirhabdus species within the genus Larkinella. Adv Life Sci 2025; 12:413. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tellurirhabdus bombi Zhang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03521 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-03.

Parent taxon: Larkinella Vancanneyt et al. 2006

Assigned by: Quadri SR, Nofal W, Alruwaili M. Proposal for reclassifying Tellurirhabdus species within the genus Larkinella. Adv Life Sci 2025; 12:413. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 70384