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| Alpinobombus | |
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| Bombus neoboreus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Alpinobombus |
Alpinobombus is a subgenus of bees within the bumblebee genus, Bombus. It is found from Northern Spain and Norway, east to the Himalayas and China.[1]
Species
There are nine currently recognized Alpinobombus species:[2]
- Bombus alpinus – alpine bumblebee
- Bombus balteatus – golden-belted bumblebee
- Bombus hyperboreus – high Arctic bumblebee
- Bombus kirbiellus – high country (or golden-belted) bumblebee
- Bombus kluanensis – Kluane bumblebee
- Bombus natvigi – high Nearctic bumblebee
- Bombus neoboreus – active bumblebee
- Bombus polaris – polar bumblebee
- Bombus pyrrhopygus – Arctic bumblebee
References
Citations
- ^ Michener, Charles D. (2007-05-31). The Bees of the World. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9220-2.
- ^ Williams et al. 2019.
Full references
- Williams, Paul H.; Berezin, Mikhail V.; Cannings, Sydney G.; Cederberg, Björn; Ødegaard, Frode; Rasmussen, Claus; Richardson, Leif L.; Rykken, Jessica; Sheffield, Cory S.; Thanoosing, Chawatat; Byvaltsev, Alexandr M. (2019). "The arctic and alpine bumblebees of the subgenus Alpinobombus revised from integrative assessment of species' gene coalescents and morphology (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus)". Zootaxa. 4625 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4625.1.1. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 31712545. Retrieved September 1, 2024 – via ResearchGate.
External links
- BugGuide page
- Natural History Museum (London, UK) page
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