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Species Bombus franklini - Franklin's Bumble Bee

Bombus franklini W - Bombus franklini - female Bombus franklini W - Bombus franklini - female Bombus franklini M - Bombus franklini - male Bombus franklini M - Bombus franklini - male Bombus franklini M - Bombus franklini - male Bombus franklini Q - Bombus franklini - female Bombus franklini Q - Bombus franklini - female Bombus franklini Q - Bombus franklini - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Bombini (Bumble Bees)
Genus Bombus (Bumble Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Bombus )
Species franklini (Franklin's Bumble Bee)
Other Common Names
Has been called the "Franklin" Bumble Bee, but use of the possessive should be preferred when forming such a name (see AOU and BOU bird checklists).
Explanation of Names
Honors bumble bee specialist H. J. Franklin, author of the revision of New World Bombus.
Range
Restricted to a very limited area of southern Oregon and northern California. The putative type locality of southern Arizona is now known to be erroneous. Discover Life Map.
Food
Host plants include lupine as recorded in the Hosts section of its Discover Life species page.
Remarks
Has declined severely to the point where none at all have been seen by Robbin Thorp since 2006. Due to its very narrow historic range and lack of any recent records despite resurveys at known localities the conservation status of this species is of great concern.