Bombus monticola Smith, 1849
(Bilberry Bumblebee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus monticola (Bilberry 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 monticola (Bilberry Bumblebee) :
1: Bombus monticola (Bilberry Bumblebee)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Male, feeding on Marsh Thistle flowers
Image 1: Lateral - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flowerImage 2: Lateral - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flower (2)Image 3: Lateral - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flower (3)Image 4: With Bombus pratorum (on left)Image 5: Dorsal - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flower - enlargedImage 6: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Dorso-lateral - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flower - enlargedImage 8: Face - highly enlargedImage 9: Face - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Face - highly enlarged (3)Image 11: Genital capsule - ventral view - magnifiedImage 12: Lateral - in situ - visiting Marsh Thistle flower - enlargedImage 13: Lateral view - enlargedImage 14: Ventral view - enlarged

Bombus monticola (Bilberry Bumblebee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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