Species Detail - Red-tailed (Hill) Cuckoo Bee (Bombus rupestris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS)".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Bombus rupestris
Red-tailed (Hill) Cuckoo Bee
NBNSYS0100002028
RecommendedWell-formed
Bombus (Psithyrus) rupestris (Fabricius, 1793), Bombus albinellus [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Hill Cuckoo Bee , Psithyrus rupestris (Fabricius)
Threatened Species: Endangered
borup
(Fabricius, 1793)
Insect - hymenopteran
Species
9
7
7
01/01/1899
31/08/1996
6 April (recorded in 1975)
30 September (recorded in 1921)
Bees, Wasps, and Ants Recording Society (GB), Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-tailed (Hill) Cuckoo Bee (Bombus rupestris), accessed 16 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/267/Species/55178>