Bombus lucorum

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,062 meters (0 to 6,765 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Sep-2008

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)

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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
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Bees, Wasp and Ants Recording Society - Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society - Trial Dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5440832
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714816
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 3924291
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIHYM24240
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179629

Footnotes

1. Mean = 284.500 meters (933.399 feet), Standard Deviation = 276.370 based on 3,124 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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