Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Torsten Wappler; Thibaut De Meulemeester; A. Murat Aytekin; Denis Michez; Michael S. Engel

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00642.x

Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Torsten Wappler
, Thibaut De Meulemeester
, A. Murat Aytekin
, Denis Michez
, Michael S. Engel

Division of Applied Biology

University of Bonn
Universite de Mons
University of Kansas

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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..

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	784-792
Number of pages	9
Journal	Systematic Entomology
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00642.x
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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