Bombus maxillosus

Bombus maxillosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Psithyrus
Species:
B. maxillosus
Binomial name
Bombus maxillosus
Klug, 1817
Synonyms
  • Psithyrus maxillosus (Klug, 1817)[1]

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]

  1. ^ "Bombus maxillosus Klug, 1817". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Bombus maxillosus Klug, 1817". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. ^ Asia, E (2014). "Bumblebee Conservator From the Chair Regional Coordinators". Bumblebee Conservator. 2: 1–24.
  4. ^ Urbanová, Klára; Halík, Jan; Hovorka, Oldřich; Kindl, Jiří; Valterová, Irena (2004-11-01). "Marking pheromones of the cuckoo bumblebee males (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus Latreille): compositions of labial gland secretions of six species found in the Czech Republic". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 32 (11): 1025–1045. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2004.02.010. ISSN 0305-1978.
  5. ^ Lecocq, T (2011). "Molecular and chemical characters to evaluate species status of two cuckoo bumblebees: Bombus barbutellus and Bombus maxillosus (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 36 (3): 453–469. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00576.x. S2CID 84403572.