Pyrobombus (also known as Fiery-tailed bees) is a subgenus of bumblebees, with its centres of diversity in Central Asia and north-western North America.[1] Nearly a fifth of all Bombus species fall within Pyrobombus and its member species vary considerably in size, appearance and behaviour.[2] it covers 43 species of bees and is the largest subgenus of bumblebees, covering almost 50% of the North American fauna.[3] They are seen to be declined by 6%,[4] which may be an undervalued statistic, although not as high as other groups of bees. Pyrobombus bees also face issues such as climate change, loss of habitat, urbanization, and industrial agriculture.[5] This subgenus of bees can pollinate which helps plants fertilise and grow fruit that is essential to the biodiversity and life of the environment. Commonly, Pyrobombus bees are used for beekeeping as they are pollinators. They can be for wax, honey, venom, combs, and such which may be collected for commercial use.[6] This subgenus may vary in their characteristics such as body size, wingspan, and tongue length for individual species, but like all bees, they possess wings, a head, thorax, and abdomen.
Pyrobombus
Bombus pratorum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Apidae
Genus:
Bombus
Subgenus:
Pyrobombus Dalla Torre, 1880 [1][2]
Type species
Apis hypnorum
Linnaeus, 1758
^ abPaul H. Williams. "Pyrobombus annotated checklist". Bombus: bumblebees of the world. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
^ abWilliams, Paul (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of the bumble bee subgenus Pyrobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae Bombus ) with insights into gene utility for lower-level analysis". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (3): 289–303. doi:10.1071/IS05028 – via Research Gate.
^Koulianos, Stella (1991). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Bumblebee Subgenus Pyrobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome B and Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92 (3): 355–358. doi:10.1093/aesa/92.3.355. hdl:20.500.11850/422490 – via Oxford Academic.
^Aggie, Mika (2017). "Study: Bumblebee Species Declining Worldwide". The Scientist.
^Pierre Rasmont, Markus Franzén, Thomas Lecocq, Alexander Harpke, Stuart P.M. Roberts, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Leopoldo Castro, Björn Cederberg, Libor Dvořák, Úna Fitzpatrick, Yves Gonseth, Eric Haubruge, Gilles Mahé, Aulo Manino, Denis Michez, Johann Neumayer, Frode Ødegaard, Juho Paukkunen, Tadeusz Pawlikowski, Simon G. Potts, Menno Reemer, Josef Settele, Jakub Straka & Oliver Schweiger (2015). Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees. Bulgaria: Pensoft. pp. 0–246. ISBN 978-954-642-768-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Owen, Robin (2016). "Rearing Bumble Bees for Research and Profit: Practical and Ethical Considerations". Beekeeping and Bee Conservation - Advances in Research. doi:10.5772/63048. ISBN 978-953-51-2411-5. S2CID 156100387. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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