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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Subgenus Psithyrus (Bombus Subgenus Psithyrus)
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Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus fernaldae)
Species
Bombus fernaldae
- Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon
(Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon
(Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family
Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily
Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)
Tribe
Bombini (Bumble Bees)
Genus
Bombus
(Bumble Bees)
No Taxon
(Subgenus Psithyrus)
Species
fernaldae
(Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Used to be genus Psithyrus which is now considered a subgenus of Bombus.
Psithyrus tricolor
Psithyrus wheeleri
Explanation of Names
Author of species is (Franklin, 1911).
Range
Widespread in Canada and the United States, from Alaska to California in the West, New Brunswick to North Carolina in the East.
Discover Life Global Map
Season
June to September.
Internet References
Discover Life
common name reference; PDF doc
(Committee on Common Names of Insects, Entomological Society of America)
Contributed by
Lynette Schimming
on 15 November, 2007 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by
Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 6 April, 2008 - 8:21pm
