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Find
species by colour-pattern group
Click
on the bee that most closely matches the pale-band pattern
for a black-tailed bumblebee (A0).
'Pale
bands' refer to the most anterior dorsal transverse
bands of hair of any colour other than black, and where
the band must cover parts of the body other than the
'tail' or head.
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| pale
band white |
B4
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 1 |
 1 |
 2 |
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| pale
band yellow |
B3
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 8 |
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 28 |
 10 |
| pale
band brown or orange or red |
B2
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 3 |
 6 |
| pale
band olive |
B1
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 1 |
 2 |
| pale
band absent (black) |
B0
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 15 |
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A0 |
C0
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C1
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C2
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C3
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C4
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pale
bands absent |
1
pale band only,
on abdomen |
1
pale band only,
on part of thorax |
at
least 2 pale bands,
on thorax, or
on thorax and abdomen |
all
pale,
at least on thorax |
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Numbers
beside the colour-pattern diagrams show the numbers
of species in each colour-pattern group. When you move
the mouse over a colour-pattern diagram, either it lists
the species with that pattern, or if the species form
a significant geographical colour group, then it shows
the group code. Clicking on these groups links to the
pages on the group. This colour-pattern
classification was derived using workers alone and
therefore excludes Psithyrus.
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