General traits
Body form | Bombiform |
Buzz pollinator | Yes |
Lectic status (Cane & Sipes) | Broadly polylectic |
Lectic status (Müller & Kuhlmann) | Polylectic s.s. |
Lectic status (Robertson) | Polylectic |
Mode of pollen transport | Legs only (Corbicula) |
Overwintering phase | Adult (female only) |
Pollen moisture | Moistened with nectar |
Preferred plant family | n/a |
Sociality | Primitively eusocial |
Tongue length | Long |