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Bombus distinguendus

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Bombus distinguendus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Subterraneobombus
Species:
B. distinguendus
Binomial name
Bombus distinguendus

Bombus distinguendus, the great yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, northern Russia,[2] and North America.[1]

It is an endangered species in Ireland.[3][4] In Great Britain, it survives on the far north Highlands coast, Orkney, and the Western Isles.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bombus distinguendus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Bombus distinguendus Morawitz 1869". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Record Sheet - Bees of Ireland - Zoology - Trinity College Dublin". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  4. ^ "REGIONAL RED LIST OF IRISH BEES" (PDF). Npws.ie. 2006. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ^ "Bid to save 'fuzzy bear' bumblebees". BBC News. 19 May 2014.