Bombus mendax
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| Bombus mendax | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Mendacibombus |
| Species: | B. mendax |
| Binomial name | |
| Bombus mendax Gerstäcker, 1869 | |
Bombus mendax is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Europe, where it occurs in Andorra, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland.[1]
This is an uncommon species. It lives in high mountains in the Alps and the Pyrenees. It occurs in alpine and subalpine climates, often in grassland habitat.[1] It often creates its nests in burrows abandoned by rodents such as the European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus).[2] It feeds at many kinds of flowers, especially those with long corollas.[1]
This species may become more rare as climate change causes available high-mountain habitat to shrink.[1]
