caliginosus or vosnesenskii

Classification · Remarks

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 Pyrobombus)

No Taxon caliginosus or vosnesenskii

Remarks

Please see this forum topic for a discussion regarding the differentiation of these two similar species.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 October, 2009 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 29 October, 2009 - 8:16pm

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