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Bombus huntii Greene, 1860
Bombus rufosuffusus Cockerell, 1905

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Subgenus: Pyrobombus



Bombus huntii, female, face
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Bombus huntii, female, face

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Bombus huntii FEM mm - f
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Bombus huntii, M, back, Pennington County, South Dakota
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Bombus huntii, M, back, Pennington County, South Dakota
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Williams, Paul H., Robbin W. Thorp, Leif L. Richardson, and Sheila R. Colla. Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wpzr9.


- has the best modern color guides for identification of both sexes, microscopic identification characters, range and natural history notes.

Give it a common name of Hunt Bumble Bee.

Overview
Extracted from Jonathan Koch, James Strange, Paul Williams.2012. Bumble Bees of the Western United States. A product of the U.S. Forest Service and the Pollinator Partnership with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Hunt bumble bee

Status: common

Select food plant genera: Cirsium, Phacelia, Lupinus, Rudbeckia, Melilotus, Penstemon

Tongue Length: Medium

Distribution: Sierra-Cascade Crest east to the Colorado, Rocky Mountains and Black Hills; south into New Mexico and Arizona; north into Canada

Can be confused with B. bifarius, B. sylvicola, B. melanopygus, and B. rufocinctus

Thorax anterior to distinct black band between wing bases yellow, scutellum, T1 and T4 yellow, T2-3 orange, T5 black.

Mid leg basitarsus with the distal posterior corner rounded. Cheek length as long as broad. Hair of the face and top of head completely yellow. On the side of the thorax, the lower anterior surface with yellow hair, corbicular fringes black. Hair length medium and even.

Kinds
Extracted from Wallace E. LaBerge and Morgan C. Webb. (1962). The Bumblebees of Nebraska (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombinae). University of Nebraska College of Agriculture.


This handsome species is confined to the westernmost counties of
Nebraska, where it is relatively abundant.

Females: Head hairs black with abundant white to yellow pile surrounding antennae fossae and vertex with abundant yellow pile; thorax with sides yellow above and anteriorly, black on lower and posterior parts, dorsum yellow with a broad interalar band of black, scutellum without black h airs; tergum 1 with yellow hairs; terga 2 and 3 with orange or orange-red h air bands (rarely faded to dull yell ow-orange); tergum 4 with yellow hairs; terga 5 and 6 with black pile; legs with h airs black; malar space about as long medially as broad; ocelli placed on supraorbital line.

Males: Head with h airs yellow, black often between apices of compound

eyes and on upper gular areas; thorax with hairs yellow except

interalar band of black which is often reduced to large posteromedian

patch of black on mesoscutum; tergum 1 with yellow pile; terga 2 and 3

with orange or orange-red pile; terga 4 and 5 with yellow pile (tergum

5 often with black pile medially or apicomedially); terga 6 and 7 with

black pile, often pale laterally; legs with hairs black, outer surfaces tibiae bare apicomedially or almost so; eyes not swollen; ocelli placed on supraorbital line; malar space about as long as broad; first flagellar segment distinctly shorter than third, slightly longer than second.

Dates Collected. Queens have been taken as early as May 24 (Monroe

Canyon) and as late as August 28 (Harrison), but chiefly in May.

·workers have been taken from May 28 (Monroe Canyon) until September

2 (Sidney), but chiefly in July and August. Males have been taken from Au gust 13 (Monroe Canyon) until August 29 (Fort Robinson).

Flower Records. The following records were taken from 78 specimens

representing 41 collection s. From these data it seems that Bombus

huntii in Nebraska prefers bull-mints (Monarda spp.), milkvetches

(As tragalus spp.), and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in that order. Astragalus sp., A. adsurgens Campanula sp., Cirsium sp., Cleome sp., C. serrulata, Erysimum asperium, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Helianthus sp., H . petiolaris, Lithospermum sp ., Medicago sativa, Melilotus sp., Monarcla sp., Petalostemum sp., Solanum rostratum.

Identification
Extracted from Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California by Thorp, R. (1983).


Discussion. B. huntii belongs to the group of species which includes B. btfarius and vosnesenskii, and can be separated from both by the bright red hair covering its metasomal tergites 2 and 3, and the completely yellow hair of the scutellum. This species is extremely uniform in color pat-tern, with only occasional specimens having the red metasomal hairs fading to yellowish.


Nests of this species are discussed by Medler (1959) and Hobbs (1967b).

Names
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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Aceraceae  Acer sp @ BBSL (1)
Apiaceae  Daucus carota @ BBSL (1)

Lomatium dissectum @ LACM_ENTB (1)
Apocynaceae  Apocynum androsaemifolium @ BBSL (1)
Araliaceae  Aralia racemosa @ BBSL (5)
Asteraceae  Achillea millefolium @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Aster sp @ BBSL (5)

Balsamorhiza sagittata @ BBSL__JPS (1); AMNH_BEE (2)

Centaurea diffusa @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Centaurea maculosa @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Chrysothamnus nauseosus @ BBSL__JPS (1); BBSL (2)

Chrysothamnus sp @ BBSL__JPS (9); BBSL (23)

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus @ BBSL__JPS (2); BBSL (10)

Cirsium arvense @ BBSL (3)

Cirsium cymosum @ EMEC (1)

Cirsium lanceolatum @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Cirsium ownbeyi @ BBSL (1)

Cirsium sp @ BBSL__JPS (9); BBSL (137)

Cirsium @ EMEC (2)

Crepis acuminata @ BBSL__JPS (2)

Ericameria nauseosa @ BBSL__JPS (3); BBSL (18); EMEC (1)

Ericameria @ CSCA (1); EMEC (6); LACM_ENTB (19)

Erigeron sp @ BBSL (3)

Eupatorium sp @ BBSL (39)

Grindelia sp @ BBSL (5)

Grindelia squarrosa @ BBSL (1)

Gutierrezia sp @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Helianthus annuus @ BBSL__JPS (5); BBSL (2)

Helianthus petiolaris @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Helianthus sp @ BBSL__JPS (2); BBSL (2)

Helianthus tuberosus @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Helianthus @ AMNH_BEE (3)

Rudbeckia laciniata @ BBSL (84)

Rudbeckia sp @ BBSL (1)

Senecio sp @ BBSL (1)

Senecio streptanthifolius @ BBSL (1)

Solidago canadensis @ AMNH_BEE (2)

Solidago sp @ BBSL (4)

Solidago velutina @ BBSL (1)

Solidago @ EMEC (1)

Taraxacum officinale @ BBSL (1)

Tetradymia canescens @ BBSL (1)
Boraginaceae  Cynoglossum sp @ BBSL (1)

Phacelia @ CSCA (5)
Brassicaceae  Brassica sp @ BBSL (5)

Caulanthus sp @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Sisymbrium altissimum @ BBSL (1)

Stanleya pinnata @ BBSL (3)

Thelypodium sagittatum @ BBSL (2)
Cactaceae  Opuntia @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Capparaceae  Cleome lutea @ BBSL (15)

Cleome serrulata @ BBSL__BYU (1); BBSL (1)

Cleome sp @ BBSL (9)
Caprifoliaceae  Symphoricarpos albus @ BBSL (5)
Cleomaceae  Cleome serrulata @ LACM_ENTB (3)

Cleome @ LACM_ENTB (6)
Fabaceae  Astragalus lentiginosus @ BBSL (9)

Astragalus sp @ BBSL__JPS (1); BBSL (4)

Astragalus speirocarpus @ BBSL__BBSLID (1)

Astragalus @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Caragana @ AMNH_BEE (5)

Dalea candida @ BBSL (4)

Lupinus sp @ BBSL__JPS (2); BBSL (4)

Lupinus @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Medicago sativa @ BBSL__JPS (1); BBSL (8); AMNH_BEE (1); EMEC (4)

Medicago sp @ BBSL__JPS (7)

Melilotus alba @ BBSL (39)

Melilotus albus @ UCRC_ENT (2); EMEC (2)

Melilotus officinalis @ BBSL__JPS (2); BBSL (1); AMNH_BEE (1); EMEC (1)

Melilotus sp @ BBSL (18)

Melilotus @ UCRC_ENT (4)

Petalostemon villosum @ EMEC (12)

Psoralidium lanceolatum @ BBSL__BYU (1)

Thermopsis montana @ BBSL (2)

Thermopsis rhombifolia @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Trifolium pratense @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Trifolium repens @ BBSL__JPS (6); AMNH_BEE (1); UCRC_ENT (10)

Trifolium sp @ BBSL (32)

Vicia sp @ BBSL (3)
Gentianaceae  Frasera speciosa @ I_STA (1)
Geraniaceae  Geranium sp @ BBSL (2)
Grossulariaceae  Ribes aureum @ BBSL (1)

Ribes sp @ BBSL (1)

Ribes @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Hydrophyllaceae  Hydrophyllum sp @ BBSL (1)

Phacelia linearis @ BBSL (1)

Phacelia sp @ BBSL__JPS (35)
Lamiaceae  Marrubium sp @ BBSL (1)

Mentha @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Monardella sp @ BBSL (5)
Liliaceae  Allium sp @ BBSL (7)
Loasaceae  Mentzelia @ EMEC (1)
Malvaceae  Sphaeralcea sp @ BBSL (1)
Onagraceae  Camissonia tanacetifolia @ EMEC (3)

Epilobium sp @ BBSL (1)

Oenothera pallida @ EMEC (4)

Oenothera sp @ BBSL (1)
Orobanchaceae  Pedicularis @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Plantaginaceae  Linaria @ AMNH_BEE (2)

Penstemon cyananthus @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Penstemon @ UCRC_ENT (5)
Polemoniaceae  Phlox hoodii @ BBSL (1)

Polemonium @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Polygonaceae  Eriogonum flavum @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Eriogonum pelinophilum @ BBSL (4)

Eriogonum sp @ BBSL (1)

Eriogonum umbellatum @ BBSL__JPS (3)
Primulaceae  Dodecatheon pauciflorum @ BBSL (2)

Dodecatheon sp @ BBSL (2)
Ranunculaceae  Aquilegia micrantha @ BBSL (11)

Clematis sp @ BBSL (1)
Rosaceae  Chamaebatiaria millefolium @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Fragaria sp @ BBSL (1)

Malus sp @ BBSL (1)

Potentilla sp @ BBSL (15)

Prunus sp @ BBSL (1)

Prunus @ AMNH_BEE (2)

Rosa sp @ BBSL (2)

Rubus sp @ BBSL__JPS (1)
Salicaceae  Salix @ CSCA (1); AMNH_BEE (2)
Saxifragaceae  Ribes cereum @ UCRC_ENT (8)

Ribes @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Scrophulariaceae  Linaria vulgaris @ BBSL (14)

Penstemon angustifolius @ BBSL (1)

Penstemon cyaneus @ BBSL (2)

Penstemon grandiflorus @ BBSL (1)

Penstemon sp @ BBSL (6)

Verbascum @ LACM_ENTB (2)
Tiliaceae  Tilia sp @ BBSL (20)
_  Fabaceae sp @ BBSL (1)

Lamiaceae sp @ BBSL__JPS (3)

Liliaceae sp @ BBSL__JPS (1)

Withheld @ BBSL (559); BBSL__ZION (304); BBSL__CAVE (2)

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