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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Psithyrus (Bombus Subgenus Psithyrus) » Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus)
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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, abdomen - Bombus citrinus - female
Copyright © 2008 MJ Hatfield

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, abdomen - Bombus citrinus - Female
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 5, 2008
Size: 2 cm+
The yellow hairs on the 3rd abdominal tergite and the presence of Bombus impatiens in the area leads me to think Bombus citrinus. However the yellow hairs on the head, outer edge of the 1st abdominal tergite and outer posterior edge of the 2nd abdominal tergite make me question. Is this individual variation or some other cuckoo bumble bee? Thanks.

Malaise trap: 17-Jun-2008 to 5-Jul-2008

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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, lateral - Bombus citrinus - female Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, abdomen - Bombus citrinus - female Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, frontal - Bombus citrinus - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 28 November, 2008 - 8:05am
Last updated 21 February, 2022 - 7:59am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Psithyrus.
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