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Subgenus Cullumanobombus

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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
Numbers
23 species listed at Natural History Museum, Palearctic, Nearctic (8 species) and Neotropic.
Habitat
High alpine grassland, mountain-meadow, open grassland, and semi-desert.
Internet References
Natural History Museum.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 February, 2009 - 7:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 17 March, 2009 - 6:59pm

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