Bombus sonorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Tribe: | Bombini |
Genus: | Bombus |
Species: | B. sonorus
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Binomial name | |
Bombus sonorus
Say, 1837
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Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and western and southwestern North America. [1] [2] [3] Considered uncommon, it is sometimes categorized as a subspecies of Bombus pensylvanicus. [4]
The thorax of this bumblebee is predominantly yellow and it has a long tongue. [4] It can be confused with the yellow form of Bombus crotchii and with Bombus nevadensis. [4] It likes to collect pollen from Gossypium, Viguiera, Helianthus, Linaria, Chrysothamnus, and Kallstroemia flowers. [4] Bombus sonorus nests "in marshy flats near the coast," usually at the base of plants. [5] These bumblebees generally nest underground, often in old pocket gopher burrows. [6]
These two subspecies belong to the species Bombus sonorus: