Bombini

Bombini
Bombus species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Clade: Corbiculata
Tribe: Bombini
Latreille 1802
Genera

The Bombini are a tribe of large bristly apid bees which feed on pollen or nectar. Many species are social, forming nests of up to a few hundred individuals; other species, formerly classified as Psithyrus cuckoo bees, are brood parasites of nest-making species. The tribe contains a single living genus, Bombus, the bumblebees,[1] and some extinct genera such as Calyptapis and Oligobombus.[2] The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.

  1. ^ "Tribe Bombini - Bumble Bees". BugGuide. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Tribe Bombini Latreille 1802 (bee)". FossilWorks. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.