An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

A new species of fossil bumble bee (Apinae: Bombini) is described and figured from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) deposits of the Most Basin at the Bílina Mine, Czech Republic. , is placed within the subgenus Cullumanobombus Vogt and distinguished from the several species groups therein. The species is...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 710; no. 710; pp. 43 - 63
Main Authors Prokop, Jakub, Dehon, Manuel, Michez, Denis, Engel, Michael S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 01.01.2017
Subjects
Bumblebees
Fossils
Identification and classification
New species
Physical characteristics
Zoology
Czech Republic
Burdigalian
Neogene
Anthophila
Apoidea
geometric morphometrics
Bombus
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Summary:A new species of fossil bumble bee (Apinae: Bombini) is described and figured from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) deposits of the Most Basin at the Bílina Mine, Czech Republic. , is placed within the subgenus Cullumanobombus Vogt and distinguished from the several species groups therein. The species is apparently most similar to the Nearctic B. (Cullumanobombus) rufocinctus Cresson, the earliest-diverging species within the clade and the two may be related only by symplesiomorphies. The age of the fossil is in rough accordance with divergence estimations for .
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Academic editor: M. Ohl
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.710.14714