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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 Cullumanobombus (Bombus Subgenus Cullumanobombus)

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
bee/fly with beak - Bombus griseocollis Brown-belted Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis - male Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis Bee_IMG_0264 - Bombus morrisoni Bombus rufocinctus - Red-belted Bumble Bee - Bombus rufocinctus Brown-belted Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis - female Bombus griseocollis Bumblebee - Bombus rufocinctus
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 Cullumanobombus
Explanation of Names
Cullumanobombus Vogt 1911
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 25 spp. worldwide(1)
Identification
Eye of male enlarged. Head and malar space rather short. Midleg with rounded angle.
Range
most diverse in the New World (22 spp.), esp. in the Neotropics, 3 spp. in the Palaearctic; in our area, all 5 spp. occur in the US, 3 range into Canada (B. rufocinctus is transcontinental and ranges far north, B. griseocollis is transcontinental in n. US and adjacent Canada + widespread in e. US, B. morrisoni occurs in the w. half of the US and so. BC, B. fraternus in the US east of the Rockies, and B. crotchii is mostly west of the Rockies)(1)
Habitat
High alpine grassland, mountain-meadow, open grassland, and semi-desert.
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 February, 2009 - 7:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 9:14pm

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