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Species Bombus sonorus

Bumble or Carpenter Bee? - Bombus sonorus

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)

Species sonorus (Bombus sonorus)

Internet References

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 February, 2007 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 31 December, 2007 - 12:23pm

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