Psithyrus

See also: psithyrus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”).

Proper noun

Psithyrus m

Cuckoo bumblebees, which they take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring.
1. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Psithyrus).
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae.

Hypernyms

(subgenus): Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Apidae - family; Apinae - subfamily; Bombini - tribe; Bombus - genus

Hyponyms

(genus): Bombus ashtoni, Bombus barbutellus, Bombus bohemicus, Bombus bohemicus bohemicus, Bombus campestris, Bombus chinensis, Bombus citrinus, Bombus coreanus, Bombus cornutus, Bombus fernaldae, Bombus flavidus, Bombus insularis, Bombus maxillosus, Bombus norvegicus, Bombus quadricolor, Bombus rupestris, Bombus skorikovi, Bombus suckleyi, Bombus sylvestris, Bombus tibetanus, Bombus turneri, Bombus variabilis, Bombus vestalis - species

References

Psithyrus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Psithyrus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bombus (Psithyrus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Psithyrus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Psithyrus at Encyclopedia of Life
Psithyrus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Psithyrus at Paleology Database

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