Bombus randeckensis is an extinct bumblebee from the Miocene rocks of the Randeck Maar in southwestern Germany. It was discovered in 2012, and initially placed in the subgenus Bombus,[1] however, review of the Bombini fossil record by Dehon et al in 2019 concluded B. randeckensis should be placed in Bombus subgenus Cullumanobombus.[2]
| Bombus randeckensis | |
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| B. randeckensis holotype wing | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Cullumanobombus |
| Species: | †B. randeckensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bombus randeckensis Wappler & Engel, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Wappler, Torsten; De Meulemeester, Thibaut; Aytekin, A. Murat; Michez, Denis; Engel, Michael S. (2012). "Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 37 (4): 784–792. Bibcode:2012SysEn..37..784W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00642.x. S2CID 84979697.
- ^ Dehon, M.; Engel, M.; Gérard, M.; Aytekin, A.; Ghisbain, G.; Williams, P.; Rasmont, P.; Michez, D. (2019). "Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities". ZooKeys. 891: 71–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.891.36027. hdl:1808/30495.
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