Bombus randeckensis Temporal range: Miocene | |
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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.
- ↑ genus and species names italicized according to common writing practice, ICZN