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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)

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

Available Species

Bombus (Robustobombus) butteli Friese, 1903
Bombus (Robustobombus) ecuadorius Meunier, 1890
Bombus (Robustobombus) hortulanus Friese, 1904
Bombus (Robustobombus) melaleucus Handlirsch, 1888
Bombus (Robustobombus) robustus Smith, 1854
Bombus (Robustobombus) tucumanus Vachal, 1904
Bombus (Robustobombus) vogti Friese, 1903
Bombus (Robustobombus) volucelloides Gribodo, 1892