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White-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus lucorum
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Arthropoda ›Class: Insecta ›Order: Hymenoptera ›Family: Apidae ›Genus: Bombus
About
Bombus lucorum, the white-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee, widespread and common throughout Europe. This name has been widely used for a range of nearly identical-looking or cryptic species of bumblebees. In 1983, Scholl and Obrecht even coined the term Bombus lucorum complex to explain the three taxa (B. lucorum, Bombus magnus, and Bombus cryptarum) that cannot be easily differentiated from one another by their appearances. A recent review of all of these species worldwide...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of White-tailed Bumble Bee is Bombus lucorum.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the phylum Arthropoda.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the class Insecta.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the order Hymenoptera.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the family Apidae.
- White-tailed Bumble Bee belongs to the genus Bombus.