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Bombus monticola  Smith, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 714960

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Bombus norvegicus Friese, 1911
  
    Bombus montanus Smith, 1844
  
    Bombus lapponicus hypsophilus Skorikov, 1912
  
    Bombus lapponicus lugubris Friese, 1902
  
    Bombus lapponicus rondoui Vogt, 1909
  
    Bombus lapponicus hispanicus Friese, 1911
  
    Bombus lapponicus scandinavicus Friese, 1911
  
    Bombus lapponicus helveticus Friese, 1911
  
    Bombus lapponicus lugubris Sparre-Schneider, 1909
  
  Common Name(s): Mountain Humble-bee [English]
  
    Bilberry Humble-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 monticola Smith, 1849 – Mountain Humble-bee, Bilberry Humble-bee  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Bombus monticola    
       
  Expert: Paul H. Williams   
  Notes: Research Entomologist, Natural History Museum, London, UK   
  Reference for: Bombus monticola    
       
  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 monticola, Bilberry Humble-bee [English], Mountain Humble-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 monticola   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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 monticola   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Introductions: Ireland  
    Bombus montanus Smith, 1844 is a senior primary homonym of Bombus montanus Gerstäcker, 1869 (now as Bombus sichelii Radoszkowski, 1859 (TSN 715011)). Bombus monticola Smith, 1849 (TSN 714960) is the replacement name  
 

 

    


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