Golden-belted bumblebee

Golden-belted bumblebee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Alpinobombus
Species: B. balteatus
Binomial name
Bombus balteatus
Dahlbom, 1832[1]

The golden-belted bumblebee (Bombus balteatus) is a species of bumblebee found in Finland, northern Sweden, Russia,[2] and North America from arctic Alaska, Canada, and mountains, and mountain ranges in the USA such as the Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains down south to New Mexico.[3]

References

  1. ITIS Report
  2. "Map of Bombus balteatus". Discover Life. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  3. "North American bumblebees". Bumblebee.org. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


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