Bombus chinensis is a species of cuckoo bumblebee.[1] It is one the endemic pollinators of China, where its populations have been decreasing.[2]

Bombus chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Psithyrus
Species:
B. chinensis
Binomial name
Bombus chinensis
(Morawitz, 1890)

References

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  1. ^ Hu, Xiao; Ding, Guiling; Ma, Fangzhou; Naeem, Muhammad; Li, Yong; Huang, Jiaxing; An, Jiandong (2022-07-18). "The cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus chinensis, has a fragmented habitat, as revealed using the maximum entropy approach (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Apidologie. 53 (4): 36. doi:10.1007/s13592-022-00942-5. ISSN 1297-9678.
  2. ^ Ma, Fang-Zhou; Wang, Chen-Bin; Zhang, Yan-Jing; Cui, Peng; Xu, Hai-Gen (2022-09-02). "Rapid loss of China's pollinator diversity". Science. 377 (6610): 1055–1055. doi:10.1126/science.ade2089. ISSN 0036-8075.