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