Bombus
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See also: bombus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin bombus (“buzz”)
Proper noun
Bombus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – bumblebees.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (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 (buff-tailed bumblebee, large earth bumblebee) - 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
Derived terms
References
Bumblebee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Bombus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bombus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Bombus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Bombus at AnimalBase
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