Bombus amurensis

Bombus amurensis is a bumblebee belonging to the subgenus Subterraneobombus, first described by Radoszkowski in 1862. It lives primarily in China, Mongolia and the far south-east of Russia.[2]

Bombus amurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Subterraneobombus
Species:
B. amurensis
Binomial name
Bombus amurensis
Oktawiusz Radoszkowski [1]

Appearance

Bombus amurensis has short black hair on its head (but with a mixture of yellow hair in males), yellow on the upper part of the body except for a ring -shaped black spot in the middle between the wing brackets, and yellow even to the rear body.[3]

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References

  1. "Bumble Bees". National History Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. "Bombus Amurensis". Discover Life. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. Williams, Paul H. (4 January 2011). "The bumblebees of the subgenus Subterraneobombus: integrating evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00729.x. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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