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Bombus terrestris

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q752274
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Summary

Bombus terrestris is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,411 views/month, #1,323 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Garden Animal of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Bombus[5]
  • Taxon name: Bombus terrestris[6]
  • Commons category: Bombus terrestris[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bombus terrestris[8]
  • Commons gallery: Bombus terrestris[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/551e8bfc-56cf-4646-8170-7a83a1837443[10], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/24d2416a-fe04-45f4-83cd-1db20eff33ad[11], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e86d840b-fe04-4135-a8cd-5ed5e8bed822[12]
  • Original combination: Apis terrestris[13]
  • Short name: B. terrestris[14]
  • Taxon common name: Buff-tailed bumblebee[15], čmelák zemní[16], kontukimalainen[17], Mørk jordhumle[18], Bourdon terrestre[19], karukimalane[20], abeyón[21]
  • Different from: Bombus vestalis[22]
  • Invasive to: Australia[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Bombus_terrestris[25]
  • Taxon range: Morocco[26], Lebanon[27], Luxembourg[28]
  • NZTCS conservation status: introduced and naturalised[29]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 57516[30], 424458[31], 424464[32], 424455[33], 424463[34], and 424457[35]. Bombus terrestris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30195[36]. Bombus terrestris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1177347[37]. Bombus terrestris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1340503[38]. Bombus terrestris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 714842[39].

Why It Matters

Bombus terrestris has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Bombus terrestris receive?

Honors received include Garden Animal of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Australia Lebanon Luxembourg Morocco

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . sielmann-stiftung.de. Retrieved . sielmann-stiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . National Center for Biotechnology Information. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . allearter.dk. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . eBiodiversity. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [23] ↑ . SInAS database of alien species occurrences. wikidata.org.
  32. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [25] ↑ . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.
  34. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [27] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [28] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [29] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Bombus terrestris
    Award received → Garden Animal of the Year
    Instance of → taxon
    Invasive to → Australia
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