Bombus vagans

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

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

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bombus

There are approximately 282 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. (Fervidobombus) atratus · B. (Fervidobombus) digressus · B. (Separatobombus) griseocollis · B. affinis (Rusty Patched Bumble Bee) · B. agrobombus · B. agrorum · B. albocinctus · B. alpinus · B. alticola · B. anachoreta · B. appositus · B. ardens · B. ardens ardens · B. argillaceus · B. armeniacus · B. armeniacus armeniacus · B. ashtoni · B. asiaticus · B. atratus · B. atripes · B. auricomus (Black and Gold Bumble Bee) · B. avinoviellus · B. balteatus · B. barbutellus · B. bellicosus · B. bicoloratus · B. bifarius · B. bifarius nearcticus · B. bimaculatus (Twospotted Bumble Bee) · B. biroi · B. bohemicus · B. borealis · B. brachycephalus · B. branickii · B. brasiliensis · B. breviceps · B. brevivillus · B. brodmannicus · B. californicus · B. caliginosus · B. campestris · B. carbonarius · B. carolinus · B. centralis · B. cingulatus · B. citrinus (Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee) · B. coccineus · B. cockerelli · B. cognatus · B. confusus · B. consobrinus · B. consobrinus wittenburgi · B. crotchii · B. cryptarum · B. cullumanus · B. cullumanus serrisquima · B. czerskii · B. dahlbomii · B. defector · B. deuteronymus · B. deuteronymus deuteronymus · B. digressus · B. diligens · B. distinguendus · B. diversus · B. diversus diversus · B. ecuadorius · B. edwardsii · B. ephippiatus · B. excellens · B. exil · B. eximius · B. fedtschenkoi · B. ferganicus · B. fernaldae (Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee) · B. fervida · B. fervidus (Golden Northern Bumble Bee) · B. fervidus fervidus · B. filchnerae · B. flavidus · B. flavifrons · B. formosellus · B. fragrans · B. franklini (Franklin's Bumble Bee) · B. fraternus (Southern Plains Bumble Bee) · B. frigidus · B. funebris · B. funerarius · B. genalis · B. gerstaeckeri · B. glacialis · B. griseocollis (Brownbelted Bumble Bee) · B. haematurus · B. haemorrhoidalis · B. handlirschianus · B. haueri · B. honshuensis · B. hortorum · B. hortulanus · B. humilis

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Further Reading

• Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 229, p. 452.
• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. ENG url p. 698.
• Biologisches Zentralblatt. Leipzig [etc.]VEB Georg Thieme [etc.] GER url p. 133.
• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 143, p. 189, p. 25, p. 325, p. 355.
• Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1878-[1918]. ENG url p. 257.
• Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British museum... London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1853-59. ENG url p. 399.
• Catalogue of insects found in New Jersey. Trenton, N. J.: John L. Murphy, 1890. ENG url p. 68.
• Class book of economic entomology, with special reference to the economic insects of the northern United States and Canada, by William Lochhead with 257 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston[c1919] ENG url p. 358.
• 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] ENG url p. 106, p. 181, p. 199, p. 296.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 241.
• Guide to the study of insects and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists / by A.S. Packard, Jr. New York: H. Holt; 1878, [c1876] ENG url p. 401.
• Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists. By A. S. Packard, jr. With fifteen plates and six hundred and seventy wood-cuts. Salem, Naturalist's agency; [etc., etc.]1872. ENG url p. 401.
• Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- ENG url p. 222.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] ENG url p. 116, p. 246.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 292, p. 412, p. 562, p. 644.
• On the recent secular period of the aurora borealis. By Denison Olmsted. [Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1856] ENG url p. 437.
• Our common insects. A popular account of the insects of our fields, forests, gardens and houses. Illustrated with 4 plates and 268 woodcuts. By A.S. Packard, Jr. Salem, Naturalists' Agency;1873. ENG url p. 19.
• Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston [etc.]Boston Society of Natural History. ENG url p. 465.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: [Printed by the Society], 1863-1867. ENG url p. 190, p. 41, p. 91.
• Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co.; University of the State of New York, 1882- ENG url p. 104.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 273, p. 284.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] ENG url p. 324, p. 44.
• The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 26.
• The Journal of animal behavior. Albany, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Co., [1911-1917?] ENG url p. 158.
• The Ottawa naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. ENG url p. 172.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis. [St. Louis, Academy of Science of St. Louis] ENG url p. 244, p. 571, p. 576, p. 577, p. 578, p. 579, p. 580, p. 587, p. 591, p. 595.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Ohio State University Insect Collection, Insects

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1665985
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-714845
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16195454
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIHYM24030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179604

Footnotes

1. Mean = 380.500 meters (1,248.360 feet), Standard Deviation = 345.570 based on 661 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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