Bombus ephippiatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Species
- Bombus ephippiatus
- Scientific Name
- Bombus ephippiatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bombus ephippiatus
Bombus ephippiatus is a species of bumblebee native to Mexico and Central America.
This is a variable species. There are a number of color polymorphisms, with body hairs in shades of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black. Its species boundaries are not entirely clear. Some forms are similar to Bombus wilmattae, which may actually be the same species. There may also be some similar specimens in the area that are an as yet undescribed species.
This bee feeds on many kinds of flowers. It is active year-round in some areas. It generally occupies pine-oak forest and other kinds of mountain forest habitat. Its restriction to high-elevation regions may have produced physical isolation that led to its many color polymorphisms.
It is an efficient pollinator of tomato plants. The overcollection of queens from the wild for use in agricultural operations is a potential threat to the species.
...Bombus ephippiatus in languages:
- English
- Mesoamerican Bumble Bee
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bombus abnormis
- Bombus ardens
- Bombus beaticola
- Bombus bifarius
- Bombus bimaculatus
- Bombus biroi
- Bombus brodmannicus
- Bombus caliginosus
- Bombus centralis
- Bombus cingulatus
- Bombus cockerelli
- Bombus ephippiatus
- Bombus flavescens
- Bombus flavifrons
- Bombus frigidus
- Bombus glacialis
- Bombus haematurus
- Bombus huntii
- Bombus hypnorum
- Bombus impatiens
- Bombus infirmus
- Bombus johanseni
- Bombus jonellus
- Bombus lapponicus
- Bombus lemniscatus
- Bombus lepidus
- Bombus luteipes
- Bombus melanopygus
- Bombus mirus
- Bombus mixtus
- Bombus modestus
- Bombus monticola
- Bombus oceanicus
- Bombus parthenius
- Bombus perplexus
- Bombus picipes
- Bombus pratorum
- Bombus pressus
- Bombus pyrenaeus
- Bombus rotundiceps
- Bombus sandersoni
- Bombus sitkensis
- Bombus sonani
- Bombus subtypicus
- Bombus sylvicola
- Bombus ternarius
- Bombus vagans
- Bombus vandykei
- Bombus vosnesenskii
- Bombus wilmattae































































































































































