Species Bombus vancouverensis - Vancouver Bumble Bee

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bombus bifarius - Bombus vancouverensis - female

Bombus sp. - Bombus vancouverensis - female

Bee species - Bombus vancouverensis - female

Bumble Bee 703A 6441 - Bombus vancouverensis

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 Pyrobombus)

Species vancouverensis (Vancouver Bumble Bee)

Explanation of Names

Bombus vancouverensis Cresson, 1879

Range

All records of Bombus bifarius sensu lato from Alaska, Canada, the Pacific States, Idaho, and Montana pertain to this species and not to B. bifarius sensu stricto (that occurs in the central Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah and potentially in adjoining states).

See Also

Recently separated from Bombus bifarius. The subspecies Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis is likely to be split off as it's own species as well.

Print References

Ghisbain, G., Lozier, J. D., Rahman, S. R., Ezray, B. D., Tian, L., Ulmer, J. M., Heraghty, S. D., Strange, J. P., Rasmont, P., & Hines, H. M. (2020). Substantial genetic divergence and lack of recent gene flow support cryptic speciation in a colour polymorphic bumble bee ( Bombus bifarius ) species complex. Systematic Entomology, 45(3), 635–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12419 (1)

Internet References

Discover Life

GBIF

Works Cited

1.	Substantial genetic divergence and lack of recent gene flow support cryptic speciation in a colour polymorphic bumble bee

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Additional contributions by Nathaniel Green
Last updated 6 February, 2023 - 1:10pm

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