Bombus ardens

Bombus ardens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Bombus
Subgenus:	Pyrobombus
Species:	B. ardens
Binomial name
	Bombus ardens; Smith, 1879

Bombus ardens, also known as the fire-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Japan and Korea. It was described in 1879 by Frederick Smith in Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum.[1]

Taxonomy

Bombus ardens contains the following subspecies:

Bombus ardens sakagamii
Bombus ardens ardens

References

Smith, Frederick (1879). Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum Apidae. London. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60089.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Smith, Frederick (1879). Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum Apidae. London. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60089.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)