Bombus hyperboreus
| Bombus hyperboreus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Alpinobombus |
| Species: | B. hyperboreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809 | |
Bombus hyperboreus is an Arctic bumblebee species with a circumpolar distribution, found in arctic Canada, Alaska, Greenland, northern Scandinavia, and Russia.[1] It is a parasite in the nests of a different bumblebee species, Bombus polaris.[2]
Due to its parasitic lifestyle, workers are rarely present. Queens and drones are similar with the thorax and anterior part of the abdomen brownish-orange. The thorax has a black transversal band, while the last abdominal segments are black.[3]
References
- ↑ Discover Life. "Discover Life map of Bombus hyperboreus". Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ↑ Milliron H.E., Oliver D.R. (1966) Bumblebees from northern Ellesmere Island, with observations on usurpation by Megabombus hyperboreus (Schönh.), Can. Entomol. 98:207–213
- ↑ Bumblebee.org. "Bumblebees found in North America". Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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