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Bombus centralis, the central bumblebee, is a species of bumble bee found in parts of Canada and the western United States. The species was first described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1864.[1][2]

Description

Bombus centralis is a small bumblebee with a long face and proboscis[1] and light brown wings. The queen has a body length between Шаблон:Convert and a wing span of Шаблон:Convert; the males have a length of Шаблон:Convert and a wing span of Шаблон:Convert, while the workers are Шаблон:Convert in length with a wing span of Шаблон:Convert.[3] The colouration of the thorax and anterior part of the abdomen is yellow, while terga (abdominal segments) 3 and 4 (for the females) and 3 to 5 (males) are orange-red. The tail is black; overall the hair is long. Across the thorax is a black, medially located band.[1]

Distribution

The species is distributed from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada to California, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.[2]

Ecology

The bumblebee lives in prairies or river valleys. The hibernating queens appear in late May and start building a nest, often in disused rodent nests. About a month later, the first workers emerge. The nest declines in September, and all the bees, except the new queens, die.[3] The bees forage on various plant taxa, such as wild onions, rabbitbrush, thistles, goldenbushes, coyote mints, penstemons, and phacelias.[4]

References

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