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Bombus randeckensis
Temporal range: Miocene
Fig 1 fossil wing
A fossil wing of Bombus randeckensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. randeckensis
Binomial name
Bombus randeckensis
Wappler, 2012

Bombus randeckensis[1] is an extinct species of bumblebee from the Miocene rocks of the Randeck Maar in southwestern Germany. It was discovered in 2012, and confidently placed in the subgenus Bombus.

  1. genus and species names italicized according to common writing practice, ICZN
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