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Bombus sitkensis  Nylander, 1848
Taxonomic Serial No.: 714835

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Bombus mixtuosus Ashmead, 1902
 
    Bombus oregonensis Cresson, 1879
 
  Common Name(s): Sitka bumble bee [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyApidae  – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees  
                                              SubfamilyApinae   
                                                 TribeBombini   
                                                    GenusBombus Latreille, 1802 – Bumblebees, Bumble Bees  
                                                       SpeciesBombus sitkensis Nylander, 1848 – Sitka bumble bee  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Bombus - bumblebees of the world, website (version 16-Nov-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Maintained by Paul Williams, and available at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html   
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis   
       
  Source: Bumble Bees of the Western United States, website (version 01/01/2011)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/BumbleBeeGuideWestern2012.pdf   
  Reference for: Sitka bumble bee[English]   
       
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hanson, Thor, and John S. Ascher  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: An unusually large nesting aggregation of the digger bee Anthophorabomboides Kirby, 1838 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the San Juan Islands, Washington State   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 94, issue 1   
  Page(s): 4-16   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-0603   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Krombein, Karl V., Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks  
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, vol. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata)   
  Page(s): xvi + 1199-2209   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nylander, William  
  Publication Date: 1848   
  Article/Chapter Title: Adnotationes in Expositionem Monographicam Apum Borealium   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Notiser ur Sällskapets Pro Fauna and Flora Fennica Förhandlingae, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 165-276   
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  Notes: Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34482351   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, P. H.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology), vol. 67, no. 1   
  Page(s): 79-152   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0968-0454   
  Notes: updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html   
  Reference for: Bombus sitkensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: Bombus sitkensis Nylander 1848 (TSN 714835) is a senior primary homonym of Bombus sitkensis Ashmead, 1902 (a probable misidentification) (now as Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802) (TSN 714815))  
    The first letter of the specific epithet was originally capitalized Sitkensis  
 

 

   

 
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