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The painstaking task of cataloging the world's species

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Briefings

A bumblebee-like insect, last recorded in France in 1876, was rediscovered in the Paris region in 2025. This represents a 150-year gap in sightings for this species, with the 2025 sighting occurring in the same geographic area as its historical record.

Key points

• A bumblebee-like insect was last seen in France in 1876 before being spotted again in the Paris region in 2025.

Context

This rediscovery highlights the ongoing challenge of cataloging global biodiversity, as the insect's 150-year absence from French records contrasts with its recent reappearance in the same region.

Limitations

The evidence is a single 2025 sighting without further details on the insect's identity, population size, or the specific conditions of its rediscovery.

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