Bombus s.s. Latreille, 1802
(bumble bees, humble bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee
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 		Species 5 images 1 ident. refs
Bombus humilis
Brown-banded Carder Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Bombus hypnorum
Tree Bumblebee
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 40 images 4 ident. refs
Bombus lucorum
White-tailed Bumblebee
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 		Species 19 images
Bombus monticola
Bilberry Bumblebee
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 		Species 14 images
Bombus muscorum
Moss Carder Bee
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 8 images
Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee
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 		Species 25 images 1 ident. refs
Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 24 images
Bombus ruderarius
Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Bombus ruderatus
Large Garden Bumblebee
Species 1 ident. refs
Bombus sylvarum
Shrill Carder Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
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 		Species 25 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Bombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
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