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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Bombini |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Species: | B. sonorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bombus sonorus Say, 1837
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Description
editThe 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
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Bombus sonorus:
- Bombus sonorus flavodorsalis Franklin
- Bombus sonorus sonorus Say, 1837
References
edit- ^ "Bombus sonorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Bombus sonorus". GBIF. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Bombus sonorus species Information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
Further reading
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- Villalobos, Ethel M.; Shelly, Todd E. (1987). "Observations on the Behavior of Male Bombus sonorus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 60 (4): 541–548. JSTOR 25084943.
- Williams, P. H. (1998). "An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology Series. 67 (1): 79–152. ISSN 0968-0454. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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