Bombus fernaldae
| Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | (Psithyrus) |
| Species: | B. fernaldae |
| Binomial name | |
| Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911)[1] | |
Bombus fernaldae, the Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee having only males and queens, but no worker bees. The females place their eggs in the nest of the confusing bumblebee (Bombus perplexus) or the red-belted bumblebee (Bombus rufocinctus), which raise the larvae. Fernald's cuckoo bumblebees pollinate Potentilla, Rubus, clovers, and goldenrods.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-28., p.94
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