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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Cullumanobombus (Bombus Subgenus Cullumanobombus) » Redbelted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)

Species Bombus rufocinctus - Redbelted Bumble Bee

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Internet References
Bumble Bee - Bombus rufocinctus Colorful Bombus on coneflower - Bombus rufocinctus Is this B. rufocinctus? - Bombus rufocinctus Unknown Bumble Bee - Bombus rufocinctus - female Multi-colored bumble bee for ID - Bombus rufocinctus Bombus appositus? - Bombus rufocinctus Bombus appositus? - Bombus rufocinctus Mt. Rainier Bee - Bombus rufocinctus
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 Cullumanobombus)
Species rufocinctus (Redbelted Bumble Bee)
Explanation of Names
common name refers to the reddish band across the abdomen
Size
queen: body length 16-18 mm
male: 12-13
worker: 11-12.5
Identification
see detailed description of queen, worker, male at discoverlife.org
Range
From the Pacific coast to Michigan, Quebec, and Maine
Season
July to October
Remarks
page creation based on John Ascher's identification of this image
Internet References
18 pinned adult images plus detailed description of queen, worker, male, distribution, seasonality (discoverlife.org)
common name reference; PDF doc (Committee on Common Names of Insects, Entomological Society of America)
link to photos of male genitalia (Natural History Museum, UK)
Discover Life
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 6 July, 2005 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 31 December, 2007 - 12:26pm

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