Bombus muscorum ssp agricolae Baker, 1996
(a moss carder bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesBombus muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee)
SpeciesBombus muscorum (Moss Carder Bee)
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 muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee) :
1: Bombus muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee)
22 May 2008 OSGR: NR93 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
visiting Bluebells
Image 1: Lateral view - close-upImage 2: Ventro-lateral view - close-upImage 3: Visiting Bluebell - anterior view - close-upImage 4: Visiting Bluebell - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Visiting Bluebell - posterior view - close-upImage 6: Visiting Bluebell - postero-ventral view - close-upImage 7: Visiting Bluebell - ventro-lateral view - close-upImage 8: Visiting Bluebell - ventro-lateral view - close-up (2)

Bombus muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus muscorum ssp agricolae (a moss carder bee)
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