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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA
APIDAE
(bees)
Bombus
(bumble bees)
Bombus sylvarum
(Shrill Carder Bee)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

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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