Psithyrus
See also: psithyrus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”).
Proper noun
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- Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:
Hypernyms
edit- (subgenus): Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Apidae - family; Apinae - subfamily; Bombini - tribe; Bombus - genus
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Bombus ashtoni, Bombus barbutellus, Bombus bohemicus, Bombus bohemicus bohemicus, Bombus campestris, Bombus chinensis, Bombus citrinus, Bombus coreanus, Bombus cornutus, Bombus fernaldae, Bombus flavidus, Bombus insularis, Bombus maxillosus, Bombus norvegicus, Bombus quadricolor, Bombus rupestris, Bombus skorikovi, Bombus suckleyi, Bombus sylvestris, Bombus tibetanus, Bombus turneri, Bombus variabilis, Bombus vestalis - species
References
edit- Psithyrus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Psithyrus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bombus (Psithyrus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Psithyrus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Psithyrus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Psithyrus at Paleobiology Database