Appearance
Bombus huntii belongs to the group of species which includes B. btfarius and vosnesenskii, and can be separated from both by the bright red hair covering its metasomal tergites 2 and 3, and the completely yellow hair of the scutellum. This species is extremely uniform in color pat-tern, with only occasional specimens having the red metasomal hairs fading to yellowish.
Naming
SynonymBombus rufosuffusus Cockerell, 1905
Distribution
British Columbia, Alberta south to California, Nevada, Utah, New MexicoReferences:
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