Bombus amurensis
| 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] | |
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]
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]
References
- ↑ "Bumble Bees". National History Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ "Bombus Amurensis". Discover Life. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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