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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) » Southern Plains Bumble Bee (Bombus fraternus)

Species Bombus fraternus - Southern Plains Bumble Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References
Bombus fraternus Queen - Bombus fraternus - female Bombus fraternus Queen - Bombus fraternus - female Southern Plains Bumble Bee - Bombus fraternus - female Bumblebee - Bombus fraternus - male Large Bee - Bombus fraternus Id request for data posting - Bombus fraternus - male Id request for data posting - Bombus fraternus Bombus ID? - Bombus fraternus
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 fraternus (Southern Plains Bumble Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bombus scutellaris
described in 1854 by Smith, who originally placed it in genus Apathus
Size
queen: body length 21-27 mm
male: 19-25 mm
worker: 13-18 mm
Identification
see detailed description of queen and male at discoverlife.org
Range
Michigan to Florida

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Season
March to November
Internet References
24 pinned adult images plus detailed description of queen and male, distribution, seasonality, flower records (discoverlife.org)
common name reference; PDF doc (Committee on Common Names of Insects, Entomological Society of America)
links to photos of male genitalia (Natural History Museum, UK)
Discover Life
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 July, 2006 - 6:31am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, John S. Ascher
Last updated 31 December, 2007 - 12:40pm

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