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Bombus terrestris  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 714842

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Apis virginalis Geoffroy, 1785
  
    Bombus maderensis Erlandsson, 1979
  
    Apis audax Harris, 1776
  
    Bombus xanthopus Kriechbaumer, 1870
  
    Bremus fasciatus Panzer, 1805
  
    Bombus canariensis Pérez, 1895
  
    Bombus sassaricus Tournier, 1890
  
    Bombus schmidti Pittioni, 1939
  
    Terrestribombus lucorum terrestriformis Vogt, 1911
  
    Bombus terrestris dalmatinus Dalla Torre, 1882
  
    Bombus terrestris africanus Krüger, 1956
  
    Bombus terrestris lusitanicus Krüger, 1956
  
    Bombus terrestris audax (Harris, 1776)
  
    Bombus terrestris calabricus Krüger, 1958
  
    Bombus terrestris canariensis Pérez, 1895
  
    Bombus terrestris sassaricus Tournier, 1890
  
    Bombus terrestris xanthopus Kriechbaumer, 1870
  
    Bombus terrestris lucoformis Krüger, 1956
  
    Bombus terrestris uralicola Krüger, 1956
  
    Bombus terrestris balearicus Krüger, 1956
  
    Bombus terrestris pyrenaicus Krüger, 1958
  
  Common Name(s): Buff tailed bumblebee [English]
  
    Buff-tailed bumblebee [English]
  
    Buff-tailed Humble-bee [English]
  
    Large Earth Humble-bee [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       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 terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) – Buff tailed bumblebee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, Buff-tailed Humble-bee, Large Earth Humble-bee  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Bombus terrestris    
       
  Expert: Paul H. Williams   
  Notes: Research Entomologist, Natural History Museum, London, UK   
  Reference for: Bombus terrestris    
       
  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 terrestris, Buff tailed bumblebee [English], Buff-tailed bumblebee [English], Buff-tailed Humble-bee [English], Large Earth Humble-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 terrestris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0968-0454   
  Notes: updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html   
  Reference for: Bombus terrestris   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Introductions: New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Japan, Tasmania, South Africa? China?  
 

 

    


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