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Bombus distinguendus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species:
B. distinguendus
Binomial name
Bombus distinguendus

Bombus distinguendus, the great yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, northern Russia,[2] and North America.[1]

It is endangered species in Ireland.[3][4] In Great Britain, it survives on the far north Highlands coast, Orkney, and the Western Isles.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bombus distinguendus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Bombus distinguendus Morawitz 1869". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.tcd.ie/Zoology/research/Bees/display_record.php?id=37#Bombus_distinguendus
  4. ^ http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Redlists/Media,4860,en.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-27468240