Bombus ardens, also known as the fire-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Japan and Korea. It was described in 1879 by Frederick Smith in Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum.[1]

Bombus ardens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Pyrobombus
Species:
B. ardens
Binomial name
Bombus ardens
Smith, 1879

Taxonomy

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Bombus ardens contains the following subspecies:

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Frederick (1879). Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British museum Apidae. London. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60089.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)