Bombus

See also: bombus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin bombus (“buzz”)

Proper noun

Bombus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – the bumblebees.
A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Bombus.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Apidae - family; Apinae - subfamily; Bombini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Bombus (Alpigenobombus), Bombus (Alpinobombus), Bombus (Bombias), Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Kallobombus), Bombus (Megabombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Mendacibombus), Bombus (Orientalibombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus (Pyrobombus), Bombus (Sibiricobombus), Bombus (Subterraneobombus), Bombus (Thoracobombus) - subgenera
(subgenus): Bombus terrestris - type species; Bombus affinis, Bombus cryptarum, Bombus franklini, Bombus hypocrita, Bombus ignitus, Bombus lucorum, Bombus magnus, Bombus occidentalis, Bombus patagiatus, Bombus sporadicus, Bombus terricola, Bombus tunicatus, †Bombus randeckensis - other species

References

Bumblebee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bombus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Bombus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Bombus at Encyclopedia of Life
Bombus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Bombus at AnimalBase
Bombus in Hymenoptera Name Server at Ohio State University

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