Bombus consobrinus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Bombus (Megabombus) |
| Species: | B. consobrinus
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Bombus consobrinus is a species of bumblebee found in northern Europe, Siberia, Kamchatka, Mongolia, Northeast China, Korea, and Japan. It is associated with taiga.[2]
Description
[edit]The bumblebee is large, with the thorax and anterior part of the abdomen coloured orange, followed by a black band. The tip of the abdomen is grey.[3]
Behaviour
[edit]This bumblebee, like Bombus (Megabombus) gerstaeckeri, feeds almost entirely on the flowers of monkshood (Aconitum).[2][4] However, this tight relationship holds only in northern Europe (with Aconitum septentrionale); further east it can be found in areas without Aconitum.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bombus consobrinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Rasmont, Pierre & Stéphanie Iserbyt (2014). "Bombus Latreille, 1802". Atlas of the European Bees - STEP project. Université de Mons. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Holmström, Göran (2007). Humlor - alla Sveriges arter [Bumble-bees - all the species of Sweden] (in Swedish). Östlings Bokförlag Symposion. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-91-7139-776-8.
- ^ Laverty, Terence M. & Plowright, R.C. (1988). "Flower handling by bumblebees: a comparison of specialists and generalists". Animal Behaviour. 36 (3): 733–740. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80156-8.
- ^ Potapov, Grigory; Kolosova, Yulia (2021). "Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832 in the European North of Russia: its distribution and foraging preference". Fauna norvegica. 41: 27–33. doi:10.5324/fn.v41i0.3903.
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