Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and western and southwestern North America.[1][2][3] Considered uncommon, it is sometimes categorized as a subspecies of Bombus pensylvanicus.[4]

Bombus sonorus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Bombini
Genus: Bombus
Species:
B. sonorus
Binomial name
Bombus sonorus
Say, 1837

Description

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The thorax of this bumblebee is predominantly yellow and it has a long tongue.[4] It can be confused with the yellow form of Bombus crotchii and with Bombus nevadensis.[4] It likes to collect pollen from Gossypium, Viguiera, Helianthus, Linaria, Chrysothamnus, and Kallstroemia flowers.[4] Bombus sonorus nests "in marshy flats near the coast," usually at the base of plants.[5] These bumblebees generally nest underground, often in old pocket gopher burrows.[6]

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Bombus sonorus:

  • Bombus sonorus flavodorsalis Franklin
  • Bombus sonorus sonorus Say, 1837

References

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  1. ^ "Bombus sonorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Bombus sonorus". GBIF. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Koch, Jonathan; Strange, James; Williams, Paul (2012). Bumblebees of the Western United States (PDF). U.S. Forest Service, Pollinator Partnership, Agricultural Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. ^ Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 371. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. OCLC 910654655.
  5. ^ Thorp, R. W., D. S. Horning, Jr. and L. L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23 - page 29

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