Species
Bombus melanopygus (Black-tailed bumble bee)
Bombus melanopygus. Photo: (c) khalia1239, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumble bee, black tail bumble bee or orange-rumped bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, and as far east as Idaho.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
- Epifamily: Anthophila (Bees)
- Family: Apidae (Honey bees, bumble bees, and allies)
- Subfamily: Apinae (Apine bees)
- Tribe: Bombini
- Genus: Bombus (Bumble bees)
- Subgenus: Pyrobombus
- Species: Bombus melanopygus (Black-tailed bumble bee)
- Subgenus: Pyrobombus
- Genus: Bombus (Bumble bees)
- Tribe: Bombini
- Subfamily: Apinae (Apine bees)
- Family: Apidae (Honey bees, bumble bees, and allies)
- Epifamily: Anthophila (Bees)
- Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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