Bombus ruderarius (Müller, 1776)
(Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Bombus ruderarius (Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee)
Subgenus	Bombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
Genus	Bombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
Family	APIDAE (bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bombus ruderarius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Edwards, M.	2007	Bombus ruderatus & Bombus ruderarius	Vol 18, No 6 Page: 441

Bombus ruderarius (Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Bombus
(bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus ruderarius (Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus ruderarius (Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bombus ruderarius is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)