Bombus (Psithyrus) Lepeletier, 1832
(cuckoo bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Bombus bohemicus
Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Bombus campestris
Field Cuckoo Bee
(Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Bombus rupestris
Hill Cuckoo Bee
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 28 images
Bombus sylvestris
Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee
(Click to open)
 		Species 17 images
Bombus vestalis
Vestal Cuckoo Bee
(Click to open)
 		Species 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubgenusBombus (Psithyrus) (cuckoo bees)
GenusBombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the field() Falk, S. 2011 Warwickshire’s bumblebees
in the field() Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A. 1987 Bumblebees Naturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Bombus (Psithyrus) (cuckoo bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus (Psithyrus) (cuckoo bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus (Psithyrus) (cuckoo bees)
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