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| Bombus distinguendus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Subterraneobombus |
| Species: | B. distinguendus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bombus distinguendus Morawitz, 1869[1]
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Bombus distinguendus, the great yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, northern Russia,[2] and Alaska.[1]
It is an endangered species in Ireland.[3][4] In Great Britain, it survives on the far north Highlands coast, Orkney, and the Western Isles.[5]