Species: Bombus (Pyrobombus) vandykei
A Bumble Bee
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Ants, Wasps, and Bees
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae - Bombus
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2010-05-18
Global Status Last Changed
2010-05-18
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
FG - 20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles) - FG - The bumble bee occurs from southern Washington to Los Angeles County, California. It seems to be most frequent in the transverse mountain ranges of southern California and along the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada up to about 1800 meters. See Thorp et al. (1983) for a detailed range map for California. It is not known from the San Francisco area McFrederick and LeBuhn (2005) and Rao and Stephen (2010) do not report it from the Willamette Valley of Oregon, but it does approach the coast farther south. It does not reach Canada.
Global Range Code
FG
Global Range Description
20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)