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Subgenus Thoracobombus

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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 Thoracobombus
Numbers
50 species listed at Natural History Museum in the Palearctic, Oriental, Nearctic (9 species) and Neotropic regions.
Habitat
Open grassland, mountain meadow, semi-desert, and tropical montane and lowland forest, less often in temperate forests.
Life Cycle
Nests on the surface and sometimes underground.
Internet References
Natural History Museum.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 February, 2009 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 17 March, 2009 - 5:50pm

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