Template:Did you know nominations/Bombus trophonius

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:11, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Bombus trophonius[edit]

Bombus trophonius holotype fossil
Bombus trophonius holotype fossil

Source: "The specific epithet is taken from the Greek mythological hero, Trophonius, one of the two brothers who absconded with the treasure of King Hyrieus" (Prokop et al pg.52)

    • ALT1:... that the closest relative to the Czech fossil bumble bee Bombus trophonius (pictured) is possibly the living red-belted bumblebee of North America? Source: "Abstract and discussion section" (Prokop et al)

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 03:46, 7 November 2017 (UTC).

  • Meets all the requirements of newness, size, sourcing, no plagiarism, grammar, neutrality, and QPQ. Offline source is accepted in good faith. Recommending promotion of ALT0 as it is the more interesting of the two hooks and describes the naming of the species. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:38, 8 November 2017 (UTC)