Bombus confusus

Bombus confusus
	Bombus confusus male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Bombus
Subgenus:	Bombias
Species:	B. confusus
Binomial name
	Bombus confusus; Schenck, 1859

Bombus confusus is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland.[1]

Appearance

The functional morphology of Bombus confusus has been investigated (as well as others), and found that the males have enlarged eyes and a frontal zone with enlarged facets. This can be associated with improved spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity; all of which connect to the mating of the males.[2]

Reproduction

Visual search for females was thought to be the only observed pre-mating behavior in Bombus confusus. Studies confirm that alongside visual search, labial gland secretion is also used to attract females.[3]

gollark: When I made libdatatape read out 256-byte blocks it worked fine.

gollark: No, because I could read it again after that.

gollark: Not necessarily.

gollark: tape_drive.read(2500) returns a 256-byte string.

gollark: Well, tape drives and multibyte read(), anyway.

References

"Bombus confusus Schenck, 1859". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
Streinzer, Martin; Spaethe, Johannes (2014-02-25). "Functional morphology of the visual system and mating strategies in bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae,Bombus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (4): 735–747. doi:10.1111/zoj.12117. ISSN 0024-4082.
Oldrich, Hovorka; Urbanova, Klara; Valtevora, Irena (1998). "Premating Behavior of Bumbus confusus and Analysis of their Labial Gland Secretion". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 24 (1): 183–193. doi:10.1023/A:1022353315874.

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[1] "Bombus confusus Schenck, 1859". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[2] Streinzer, Martin; Spaethe, Johannes (2014-02-25). "Functional morphology of the visual system and mating strategies in bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae,Bombus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (4): 735–747. doi:10.1111/zoj.12117. ISSN 0024-4082.

[3] Oldrich, Hovorka; Urbanova, Klara; Valtevora, Irena (1998). "Premating Behavior of Bumbus confusus and Analysis of their Labial Gland Secretion". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 24 (1): 183–193. doi:10.1023/A:1022353315874.