Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Large Red-tailed Bumblebee)

Interactions where Bombus lapidarius is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Conops flavipes a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Conops flavipes/Conops flavipesa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Conops quadrifasciatus a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Conops quadrifasciatus/Conops quadrifasciatusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Physocephala rufipes a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/Physocephala rufipesa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Sicus ferrugineus a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Sicus ferrugineus/Sicus ferrugineusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
nest is taken over by female UK/IrelandRestricted Bombus rupestris Hill Cuckoo Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus rupestris/Bombus rupestrishill cuckoo beefemale Animal / sequestratesUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeenestSole female takes over nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Bombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee)
SubgenusBombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
GenusBombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee)

Bombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bombus lapidarius (Large Red-tailed Bumblebee):

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