The first fossil bumble bee (Apinae: Bombini) from the Miocene Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany is described and illustrated. The specimen is subjected to a geometric morphometric analysis along with a diversity of other bumble bee species representing most major extant lineages, and particularly the subgenus Bombus s.s. The morphometric analysis supports the placement of the Randeck Maar species within Bombus s.s., as a species distinct from all others in the subgenus. It shows that extant subgenera of bumblebees were already derived in the early/middle Miocene. The Randeck Maar fossil is formally described as Bombus (Bombus) randeckensis Wappler & Engel sp. n..
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Staatliches Museum Nat Kunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Univ Tubingen, Dept Geosci, Tubingen, GermanyStaatliches Museum Nat Kunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Salvador, Rodrigo B.
Rasser, Michael W.
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Rasser, Michael W.
Hoeltke, Olaf
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Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, 200 Cent Pk West, New York, NY 10024 USAAmer Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, 200 Cent Pk West, New York, NY 10024 USA
Engel, Michael S.
Kaulfuss, Uwe
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Georg August Univ, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Inst Zool & Anthropol, Untere Karspule 2, D-37073 Gottingen, GermanyAmer Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, 200 Cent Pk West, New York, NY 10024 USA