Bombus_amurensis

<i>Bombus amurensis</i>

Bombus amurensis

Species of bee

Bombus amurensis is a bumblebee belonging to the subgenus Subterraneobombus, first described by Radoszkowski in 1862. It lives primarily in China, Mongolia and the far south-east of Russia.[2]

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Appearance

Bombus amurensis has short black hair on its head (but with a mixture of yellow hair in males), yellow on the upper part of the body except for a ring -shaped black spot in the middle between the wing brackets, and yellow even to the rear body.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bumble Bees". National History Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Bombus Amurensis". Discover Life. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    Williams, Paul H. (4 January 2011). "The bumblebees of the subgenus Subterraneobombus: integrating evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00729.x. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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