Bombus californicus
Bombus californicus, the California bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. Bombus californicus is in genus Bombus and subgenus Thoracobombus.[1] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4]
Bombus californicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Tribe: | Bombini |
Genus: | Bombus |
Species: | B. californicus |
Binomial name | |
Bombus californicus Smith, 1854 | |
Bombus californicus is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN.[5]
Bombus californicus was found to be endangered in 62% of surveyed areas.[6]
Bombus californicus has multiple possible color patterns of yellow and black.[1] Bombus californicus appears very similar to Bombus fervidus.[1]
Bombus californicus nests in the ground,[7] in wooded areas.[1] Bombus californicus can also be found in urban areas.[8] Queens emerge from April through the middle of July.[9] Workers are present from April to September.[9] Males (drones) are present late May through September.[9] This type of bumblebee pollinates sage,[10] blueberry bushes, and red clover.[7] Bombus californicus also pollinates california poppies[4] and many other species of flowers.[11]
References
- Koch, Jonathan B.; Rodriguez, Juanita; Pitts, James P.; Strange, James P. (21 November 2018). "Phylogeny and population genetic analyses reveals cryptic speciation in the Bombus fervidus species complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". PLOS ONE. 13 (11): e0207080. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1307080K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207080. PMC 6248958. PMID 30462683.
- "Bombus californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Bombus californicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Bombus californicus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Strange, James P.; Tripodi, Amber D. (13 January 2019). "Characterizing bumble bee (Bombus) communities in the United States and assessing a conservation monitoring method". Ecology and Evolution. 9 (3): 1061–1069. doi:10.1002/ece3.4783. PMC 6374645. PMID 30805140.
- Koch, Jonathan B.; Lozier, Jeffrey; Strange, James P.; Ikerd, Harold; Griswold, Terry; Cordes, Nils; Solter, Leellen; Stewart, Isaac; Cameron, Sydney A. (30 December 2015). "USBombus, a database of contemporary survey data for North American Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus) distributed in the United States". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3): e6833. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e6833. PMC 4698456. PMID 26751762.
- Rao, Sujaya; Stephen, W. P. (2010). "Abundance and Diversity of Native Bumble Bees Associated with Agricultural Crops: The Willamette Valley Experience". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1–9. doi:10.1155/2010/354072.
- Wray, Julie C.; Elle, Elizabeth (26 November 2014). "Flowering phenology and nesting resources influence pollinator community composition in a fragmented ecosystem". Landscape Ecology. 30 (2): 261–272. doi:10.1007/s10980-014-0121-0.
- Koch, Jonathan, et al. "Bumble Bees of the Western United States." Bumble Bees of the Western United States, U.S. Forest Service and Pollinator Partnership, 2012.
- Montalvo, A. M.; Riordan, E. C.; Beyers, Jan (2017). "Plant profile for Salvia mellifera, Updated 2017". Native Plant Recommendations for Southern California Ecoregions.
- Packer, Laurence, et al. "Bombus Californicus." Bombus Californicus - -- Discover Life, The Polistes Corporation.
Further reading
- Williams, P. H. (1998). "An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 67 (1): 79–152. ISSN 0968-0454.
- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.