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Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus) (Shrill Carder Bee)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Edwards, M. & Williams, P., 2004 (Colour photograph of Queen) Where have all the bumblebees gone, and could they ever return

Bombus sylvarum may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)
Bombus
(bumble bees)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Bombus sylvarum is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Bombus sylvarum listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Bombus sylvarum:

adult adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Physocephala rufipes - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969

Bombus sylvarum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)
Bombus
(bumble bees)

References

Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae

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