''Bombus eximius'' is a species of
bumblebee that belongs to the subgenus ''
Melanobombus
The list presented here is a checklist of world bumblebees (Tribe Bombini) based on the ''Bombus'' phylogeny presented by Cameron ''et al'' (2007) and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams ''et al'' (2008). The bumblebee fossil re ...
'' in the simplified subgeneric classification.
It is found in the
Southern
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,
Eastern and
Southeastern parts of the
Asian continent.
Characteristics
''Bombus eximius'' is a very large species of bumblebee. The queens are 28–29 mm () long, while the female workers are and the male workers . The color of the hair on the
thorax is black, and that on the
mid and hind tibiae and the
basitarsus is orange.
The bright coloration has also been described as "yellowish red" (via german: gelblichrot).
This species can easily be misidentified as Bombus flavescens.
[The Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Taiwan, Christopher K. Starr http://web2.nmns.edu.tw/PubLib/Library/research/199205-139.pdf]
The close-up view of the face of ''Bombus eximius'' shows the oculomandibular distance (OMD), i.e., the distance between the
compound eye and the
mandible, to be 0.9–1.0 times the mandible breadth. The
labrum, i.e., lips, have irregular
lamella, but are mostly straight. The inner eye margin has scattered large punctures.
Ecology
The species is relatively uncommon in low altitude areas between around the
Sichuan basin area.
It has been found in the
Himalayan region,
Myanmar
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,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
China
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(
Yunnan,
Xizang,
Sichuan,
Fujian,
Jiangxi,
Guangdong,
Guangxi
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,
Guizhou),
Taiwan and in
Japan
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.
References
Bumblebees
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects described in 1852
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