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Bombus (Brachycephalibombus) brachycephalus Handlirsch, 1888
Bombus brachycephalus Handlirsch, A. (1888). Die Hummelsammlung des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 3 (3): 209-250 [244] .
Type data: lectotype NMW <F>.
Subsequent designation: Milliron, H. E. (1960). Recognition of bumblebee type specimens, with notes on some dubious names (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 55 (4): 87-99 [89] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Bremus neotropicus Frison, T. H. (1928). A new species of bumblebee from Guatemala (Bremidae: HYM.). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 23: 151-152 [151] .
Type data: holotype INHS <M>.
Type locality: Guatemala, Guatemala City.

Bombus krusemani Asperen de Boer, J. R. J. van (1990). Bombus krusemani - a new bumblebee species from Guatemala (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 50 (1): 1-3 [1] .
Type data: holotype ZMA <F>.
Type locality: Guatemala, 17 km S of Antigua.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)

References

Abrahamovich, A. H., Diaz, N. B., Morrone, J. J. (2004). Distributional patterns of the Neotropical and Andean species of the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Zool. Mex. (n. s.) 20 (1): 99-117 [100, 101, 114] (Distribution, biogeography)
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [463] (Listed, distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [19]
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1946). New species and subspecies collected in a month in Guatemala. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 54: 203-206 [205] (Distribution, as neotropicus)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [512]
Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [143-146] (Taxonomy, as Bombus (Bombias) brachycephalus)
Franklin, H. J. (1915). Notes on Bombidae, with descriptions of new forms (Hym.). Entomol. News 26: 409–416 [411] (Description)
Frison, T. H. (1925). Contribution to the classification of the Bremidae (bumble-bees) of Central and South America. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 51: 137-165 [150] (partim, as Bremus diligens)
Labougle, J. M. (1990). Bombus of México and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (3): 35-73 [55, 58, 65] (Comparative table, notes, taxonomy, descriptive notes, distribution)
Labougle, J. M., Ito, M. & Okazawa, T. (1985). The species of the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Chiapas, Mexico and Guatemala; with a morphometric and altitudinal analysis. Folia Entomol. Mex. 64: 55–72 [65] (Distribution, descriptive notes, note on mimicry)
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [512] (partim, as Bombus diligens)
Meade-Waldo, G. (1916). Notes on the Apidae (Hymenoptera) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17: 448-470 [470] (partim, as Bombus diligens)
Milliron, H. E. (1960). Recognition of bumblebee type specimens, with notes on some dubious names (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 55 (4): 87-99 [89]
Milliron, H. E. (1962). Taxonomic notes on some American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). Can. Entomol. 94 (7): 728-735 [732] (New combination, new status, as brachycephalus and as neotropicus)
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 [259-262] (Redescription, synonymy, distribution, as Pyrobombus (Cullumanobombus) brachycephalus)
Peters, D. S. (1968). Beiträge zur Kenntnis aculeater Hymenopteren von Mexiko. I. Apinae (Apidae, Apoidea). Senckenb. Biol. 49 (3/4): 237-248 [247] (Distribution record)
Smith, F. (1861). Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. J. Entomol. 1: 146-155 [154] (partim, as diligens)
Williams, P. H. (1994). Phylogenetic relationships among bumble bees (Bombus Latr.): a reappraisal of morphological evidence. Syst. Entomol. 19: 327-344 [331] (Phylogeny)
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] (Distribution, synonymy, note)

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