Bombus maxillosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Bombus |
Subgenus: | Psithyrus |
Species: | B. maxillosus
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Binomial name | |
Bombus maxillosus Klug, 1817
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Bombus maxillosus is a species of cuckoo bumblebee found in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland.[2] They have also been located in Zanjan where the DNA of these unlikely species are being collected and tested.[3] B. maxillosus is considered a rare species of the cuckoo bumblebee.[4] The B. maxillosus is an open field species and is also sometimes classified as a wood edge species.[5]