Bombus cryptarum

Bombus cryptarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. cryptarum
Binomial name
Bombus cryptarum
(Fabricius, 1775)

Bombus cryptarum is a species of bumblebee. It has been recently discovered in Ireland .[1][2]

References

  1. http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Redlists/Media,4860,en.pdf
  2. T. E. Murray, Ú. Fitzpatrick, M. J. F. Brown & R. J. Paxton (2008). "Cryptic diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs". Conservation Genetics 9: 653–666. doi:10.1007/s10592-007-9394-z.