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Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Bombus for ID - Bombus appositus - female large orange bumble bee? - Bombus borealis Bombus with baldish dorsal - Bombus appositus Bumble Bee - Bombus borealis 98 - Bombus appositus Bombus borealis? - Bombus borealis Bombus sp.(appositus?) - Bombus appositus Bumblebee - Bombus borealis - 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 Subterraneobombus
Explanation of Names
Subterraneobombus Vogt 1911
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 11 total(1)
Size
Large
Identification
Face and malar space long. Midleg with sharp angle.
Range
holarctic group, more diverse in Eurasia (esp. Asia); in our area, B. borealis is transcontinental amd mostly boreal, B. apositus is western and ranges north into BC, and the transpalaearctic B. distinguendus is known from the Aleutians(1)
Habitat
Alpine grassland, open grassland, and semi-desert(2). Also clover fields near woodlands.
Season
Late-emerging