Bombus humilis Illiger, 1806
(Brown-banded Carder Bee)

Interactions where Bombus humilis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Physocephala rufipes a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/Physocephala rufipesa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus humilis/Bombus humilisbrown-banded carder beeadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
nest is taken over by female Questionable Bombus campestris Field Cuckoo Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus campestris/Bombus campestrisfield cuckoo beefemale Animal / sequestrates /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus humilis/Bombus humilisbrown-banded carder bee?nest female takes over nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Bombus humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bombus humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus humilis (Brown-banded 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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 humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bombus humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee):

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