Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Buff-tailed Bumblebee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)
SubgenusBombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble 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 terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) :
1: Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)
24 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
nest, dug up by fox
Image 1: Cocoons - natural backgroundImage 2: Queen and workers on remains of nestImage 3: Queen and workers on remains of nest (2)Image 4: Queen and workers on remains of nest (3)Image 5: Queen and workers on remains of nest (4)Image 6: Workers on remains of nestImage 7: Workers on remains of nest (2)Image 8: Workers on remains of nest (3)Image 9: Larva (ventral view) showing head (dorsal view) - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 10: Larva - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Larva - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 12: Larva - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 13: Larva - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (4)Image 14: Larva - lateral view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 15: Larva - lateral view - enlarged - white background
2: Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)
30 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Queen, dying, on roadside pavement
Image 1: Queen - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 2: Queen - lateral view - grey backgroundImage 3: Queen - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 4: Mandible - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Mandibles - magnifiedImage 6: Mandibles - magnified (2)Image 7: Queen - anterior view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Queen - anterior view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 9: Queen - face - anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Sting sheath - magnified

Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)
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