Bombus bohemicus (Seidl, 1837)
(Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee)
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)
Records of Bombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee) :
1: Bombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee)
9 May 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, sodden and nearly dead on ground
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral view - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - face - anterior view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - final sternite - highly enlargedImage 5: Female - final sternite - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Female - final sternite - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Female - final sternite - magnifiedImage 8: Female - final tergite - highly enlargedImage 9: Female - final tergite - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Female - final tergite - magnified

Bombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus bohemicus (Gipsy Cuckoo Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee)
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