Bombus mesomelas

Onfared, 2013, Volucella bombylans (Syrphidae, Diptera) recorded from a colony of Bombus mesomelas (Apidae, Hymenoptera) in Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 829-836 : 831

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5299324

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E7B6F6B-FF9F-4D2D-14D6-FA93A04CFA55

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Bombus mesomelas
status

 

B. mesomelas View in CoL colony

Materials of nest, which gathered by bees, fully extracted and took to lab, shown that the queen selected a bird nest for settling at the early season. This coloney was fully matured and was at the end of its developing period, because 32 new queens with pale color and 18 males existed in this coloney. Specimens deposited in "Iranian Pollinator Insects Museum" of Yasouj University.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

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