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Bombus affinis  Cresson, 1863
Taxonomic Serial No.: 714782

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Bremus affinis (Cresson, 1863)
  
    Bombus affinis novaeangliae Bequaert, 1920
  
  Common Name(s): Rusty-patched bumble bee [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyApidae  – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees  
                                              SubfamilyApinae   
                                                 TribeBombini   
                                                    GenusBombus Latreille, 1802 – Bumblebees, Bumble Bees  
                                                       SpeciesBombus affinis Cresson, 1863 – Rusty-patched bumble bee  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Bombus - bumblebees of the world, website (version 16-Nov-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Maintained by Paul Williams, and available at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       
  Source: Bumble Bees of the Eastern United States, website (version 01/01/2011)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/BumbleBeeGuideEast2011.pdf   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis, Rusty-patched bumble bee [English]   
       
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       
  Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, website (version 2018-1)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: http://www.redlist.org/   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cresson, E. T.  
  Publication Date: 1863   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of the North American species of Bombus and Apathus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, vol. 2, no. 2   
  Page(s): 83-116   
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  Notes: Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57090378   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Krombein, Karl V., Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks  
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, vol. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata)   
  Page(s): xvi + 1199-2209   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place:    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, P. H.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology), vol. 67, no. 1   
  Page(s): 79-152   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0968-0454   
  Notes: updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Paul H.  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Not just cryptic, but a barcode bush: PTP re-analysis of global data for the bumblebee subgenus Bombus s. str. supports additional species (Apidae, genus Bombus)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Natural History, vol. 55, nos. 5-6   
  Page(s): 271-282   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2933   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900444   
  Reference for: Bombus affinis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Critically Endangered A2b as Bombus affinis. Hatfield, R., Jepsen, S., Thorp, R., Richardson, L., Colla, S., Foltz Jordan, S. & Evans, E. 2015. Bombus affinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44937399A46440196. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T44937399A46440196.en  
    The FWS Federal Register is planning on adding Bombus affinis Cresson, 1864 to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife but publication the final ruling was delayed until March 21, 2017. As of October 1, 2018 there has not been an official ruling on the FWS website. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/11/2017-00195/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-rusty-patched-bumble-bee  
 

 

    

 
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