Bombus consobrinus

Bombus consobrinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Bombus (Megabombus)
Species:
B. consobrinus
Binomial name
Bombus consobrinus

Bombus consobrinus is a species of bumblebee found in northern Europe, Siberia, Kamchatka, Mongolia, Northeast China, Korea, and Japan. It is associated with taiga.[2]

Description

The bumblebee is large, with the thorax and anterior part of the abdomen coloured orange, followed by a black band. The tip of the abdomen is grey.[3]

Behaviour

This bumblebee, like Bombus (Megabombus) gerstaeckeri, feeds almost entirely on the flowers of monkshood (Aconitum).[2][4] However, this tight relationship holds only in northern Europe (with Aconitum septentrionale); further east it can be found in areas without Aconitum.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Bombus consobrinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b Rasmont, Pierre & Stéphanie Iserbyt (2014). "Bombus Latreille, 1802". Atlas of the European Bees - STEP project. Université de Mons. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ Holmström, Göran (2007). Humlor - alla Sveriges arter [Bumble-bees - all the species of Sweden] (in Swedish). Östlings Bokförlag Symposion. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-91-7139-776-8.
  4. ^ Laverty, Terence M. & Plowright, R.C. (1988). "Flower handling by bumblebees: a comparison of specialists and generalists". Animal Behaviour. 36 (3): 733–740. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80156-8.
  5. ^ Potapov, Grigory; Kolosova, Yulia (2021). "Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832 in the European North of Russia: its distribution and foraging preference". Fauna norvegica. 41: 27–33. doi:10.5324/fn.v41i0.3903.
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