Bombus hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Tree Bumblebee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus hypnorum (Tree 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 hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) :
1: Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)
24 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Allium in garden
Image 1: Male - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - anterior view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 7: Male - hind leg - highly enlargedImage 8: Male - hind tibia - magnifiedImage 9: Male - visiting Chives - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Male - visiting Chives - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Male - visiting Chives - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Male - visiting Chives - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Male - visiting Chives - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Male - visiting Chives - postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Wings - highly enlarged
2: Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)
4 Jun 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Visiting Wall Cotoneaster . Photos: Queen: photographed indoors after chilling in fridge
Image 1: Dorsal view - cleaning itself - close-upImage 2: Dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 4: Dorsal - view - on CotoneasterImage 5: Dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 6: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (2)Image 7: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (3)Image 8: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (4)Image 9: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (5)Image 10: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (6)Image 11: Lateral view - close-upImage 12: Lateral view - close-up (2)Image 13: Lateral view - close-up (3)Image 14: Lateral view - close-up (4)Image 15: Lateral view - close-up (5)Image 16: Postero-dorsal view - close-upImage 17: Postero-dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 18: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 19: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 20: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 21: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 22: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 23: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 24: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 25: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Early, J. 2007 Map showing the current … Bombus hypnorum Vol 18, No 6 Page: 441
Goulson, D. & Williams, P. 2001 Bombus hypnorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae) a new British Bumblebee? Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist..
Pinchen, B. 2002 Bombus hypnorum Vol 13, No 6 Page: 432
Roberts, S. 2010 Information Sheet 3: Tree Bee (Bombus hypnorum)

Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)

A newly arrived species which is spreading northwards in England.

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