Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
(Common Carder Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
SubgenusBombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
GenusBombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) :
1: Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
18 Oct 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Queen, visiting Cape Fuchsia flower
Image 1: Queen - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Queen - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Queen - abdomen - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Queen - abdomen - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Queen - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Queen - head, antennae and tongue - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Queen - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Queen - sternite 8 - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Queen - sting - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Queen - sting sheath - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Queen - sting - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Queen - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
28 Jun 2008 OSGR: TA27 54° 10’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, dull coloured form
Image 1: Queen - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Queen - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Queen - dorso-lateral viewImage 4: Queen - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 5: Queen - lateral view - close-upImage 6: Queen - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 7: Queen - postero-dorsal view - close-upImage 8: Queen - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Queen - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
9 Jun 2003 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Queen - bright ginger form
Image 1: Queen - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Queen - latero-dorsal viewImage 3: Queen - postero-dorsal view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Edwards, M. & Williams, P. 2004 Where have all the bumblebees gone, and could they ever return? British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 5: 305-312.

Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
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