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Bombus (Rubicundobombus) Skorikov, 1922
Fervidobombus (Rubicundobombus) Skorikov, A. S. (1922). Les bourdons de la faune paléarctique, Partie 1, Biologie génerale. Bull. Sta. Reg. Protect. Plantes, Petrograd 4: 1-160 [154] .
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 rubicundus 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] .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba), Colombia (Bolívar, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Nariño), Ecuador (Azuay, Pichincha, Tungurahua), Peru (Ancash, La Libertad), Venezuela (Amazonas, Mérida, Trujillo)

References

Milliron, H. E. (1973). A monograph of the Western Hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). III. The genus Pyrobombus subgenus Cullumanobombus. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 91: 239-333 [309-313]
Richards, O. W. (1968). The subgeneric divisions of the genus Bombus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 22: 209-276 [217, 241, 263, 268] (Taxonomy, descr. notes, key, figs.)
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 [138] (Taxonomy, distribution)

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Available Species

Bombus (Rubicundobombus) rubicundus Smith, 1854