Bombus campestris (Panzer, 1801)
(Field Cuckoo Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus campestris (Field 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 campestris (Field Cuckoo Bee) :
1: Bombus campestris (Field Cuckoo Bee) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
2 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Male, banded form, visiting Field Scabious
Image 1: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 5: Visiting Scabious - lateral view - close-upImage 6: Visiting Scabious - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 7: Visiting Scabious - posterior view - close-up
2: Bombus campestris (Field Cuckoo Bee) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
2 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Male, black form, visiting Field Scabious
Image 1: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 5: Visiting Scabious - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 6: Visiting Scabious - lateral view - close-upImage 7: Visiting Scabious - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 8: Visiting Scabious - posterior view - close-up

Bombus campestris (Field 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 campestris (Field Cuckoo Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus campestris (Field Cuckoo Bee)
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