Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
American Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,809 meters (0 to 9,216 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Order:
Hymenoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Order:
Hymenoptera
(
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bombus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. affinis (Rusty Patched Bumble Bee) · B. auricomus (Black and Gold Bumble Bee) · B. barbutellus (Barbut's Cuckoo-Bee) · B. bimaculatus (Twospotted Bumble Bee) · B. bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo-Bee) · B. campestris (Field Cuckoo-Bee) · B. citrinus (Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee) · B. cullumanus (Cullum's Humble-Bee) · B. distinguendus (Great Yellow Humble-Bee) · B. fernaldae (Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee) · B. fervidus (Golden Northern Bumble Bee) · B. franklini (Franklin's Bumble Bee) · B. fraternus (Southern Plains Bumble Bee) · B. griseocollis (Brownbelted Bumble Bee) · B. hortorum (Small Garden Humble-Bee) · B. humilis (Brown-Banded Carder-Bee) · B. hypnorum (New Garden Bumblebee) · B. impatiens (Bumble Bee) · B. insularis (Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee) · B. jonellus (Heath Humble-Bee) · B. lapidarius (Large Red-Tailed Humble-Bee) · B. lucorum (Small Earth Humble-Bee) · B. maderensis (Bumble Bee) · B. monticola (Bilberry Humble-Bee) · B. muscorum (Large Carder-Bee) · B. pascuorum (Common Carder Bumblebee) · B. pennsylvanicus (Bumble Bee) · B. pensylvanicus (American Bumble Bee) · B. perplexus (Confusing Bumble Bee) · B. pomorum (Apple Humble-Bee) · B. pratorum (Early-Nesting Humble-Bee) · B. ruderarius (Red-Shanked Carder-Bee) · B. ruderarius ruderarius (Red-Shanked Carder Bee) · B. ruderatus (Large Garden Bumble Bee) · B. rufocinctus (Redbelted Bumble Bee) · B. rupestris (Hill Cuckoo-Bee) · B. soroeensis (Broken-Belted Humble-Bee) · B. subterraneus (Short-Haired Humble-Bee) · B. sylvarum (Knapweed Carder-Bee) · B. sylvestris (Four-Coloured Cuckoo-Bee) · B. ternarius (Bumblebee) · B. terrestris (Buff-Tailed Humble-Bee) · B. terricola (Yellowbanded Bumble Bee) · B. vagans (Wandering Bumblebee) · B. vestalis (Vestal Cuckoo-Bee)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 40, p. 40.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 284.
- The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url , p. 172, p. 172, p. 241.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Bombus of Canada
- Ohio State University Insect Collection, Insects
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10136522
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714828
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14870723
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2132933
Footnotes
- Mean = 563.200 meters (1,847.769 feet), Standard Deviation = 669.340 based on 528 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
