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Bombus (Robustobombus) Skorikov, 1922

Alpigenobombus (Robustobombus) Skorikov, A. S. (1922). Les bourdons de la faune paléarctique, Partie 1, Biologie génerale. Bull. Sta. Reg. Protect. Plantes, Petrograd 4: 1-160 [157] .
Subsequent designation: Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [597] .
Type species: Bombus robustus Smith, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [597] .

Bombus (Volucellobombus) Skorikov, A. S. (1922). Les bourdons de la faune paléarctique, Partie 1, Biologie génerale. Bull. Sta. Reg. Protect. Plantes, Petrograd 4: 1-160 [123,149] .
Type species: Bombus volluceloides Gribodo, 1891 by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí), Colombia (Bolívar, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Distrito Capital, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo), Costa Rica, Ecuador (Azuay, Bolívar, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabi, Pichincha, Tungurahua), Panama, Peru (Ancash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lima, Piura), Venezuela (Amazonas, Mérida)

References

Labougle, J. M. (1990). Bombus of México and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (3): 35-73 [37] (List, distribution)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [163] (Taxonomy, as Volucellobombus)
Milliron, H. E. (1971). A monograph of the Western Hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). I. The genera Bombus and Megabombus subgenus Bombias. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 82: 1-80 [41]
Richards, O. W. (1968). The subgeneric divisions of the genus Bombus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 22: 209-276 [217, 240, 263, 268] (Note, redescription, synonymy, distribution, key)
Williams, P. H. (1985). A preliminary cladistic investigation of relationships among the bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Syst. Entomol. 10: 239-255
Williams, P. H. (1998). An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Entomol.) 67 (1): 79-152 [136] (Taxonomy, distribution)

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Bombini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Jan/12/2025

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023