Bombus (Fervidobombus) excellens Smith, 1879
Bombus semivetulus
Spinola, M. (1854). [Index of the Coleoptera and Hymenoptera gathered by Osculati at the Amazon river] pp. 202-204 in Osculati, G. (ed.) Esplorazione delle regioni equatoriali, lungo il Napo ed il fiume delle Amazzoni, frammento di un viaggio fatto nelle due Americhe, negli anni 1846-1847-1848. Milan: Centenarie 2ndnd Edn 344 pp. [203] (nom. nud.) .
Bombus excellens
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [133] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.1048 <F>.
Type locality: Venezuela.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Colombia (Cauca, Magdalena), Ecuador, Peru (Huánuco, Junín, Piura), Venezuela (Distrito Federal, Falcón, Mérida)
References
Abrahamovich, A. H., Díaz, N. B. & Lucia, M. (2005). Las especies del género Bombus Latreille en Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Estudio taxonómico y claves para su identificación. Neotrop. Entomol. 34 (2): 235-250 [245] (Citation)
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 [105, 114] (Distribution, biogeography)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [19] (Distribution)
Cresson, E. T. (1879). Catalogue of North American Apidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 215-232 [230]
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [513]
Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [342] (Taxonomy, as Bombus carolinus)
Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [112] (Taxonomy, descriptive notes, misinterpretation, as Bombus (Bombus) carolinus)
Friese, H. (1903). Neue Bombus-Arten aus der neotropischen Region. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 253-255 [254] (Citation)
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 [154] (Descriptive note, as Bremus carolinus sensu Fabricius, 1805 and Franklin, 1913)
Handlirsch, A. (1888). Die Hummelsammlung des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 3 (3): 209-250 [242] (Synonymy, descriptive note, distribution, as carolinus)
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Mag. Insektenkd. (Illiger) 5: 28-175 [172]
Lievano Leon, A., Ospina Torres, R. & Nates Parra, G. (1991). Distribucion altitudinal del genero Bombus em Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Trianea 4: 541-550 [545, 547, 548] (Table, distribution, as exellens [sic])
Lievano Leon, A., Ospina Torres, R., & Nates Parra, G. (1994). Contribucion al conocimiento de la taxonomia del genero Bombus en Colombia. Trianea 5: 221-233 [223, 225, 227] (Listed, key, , descriptive note, as exellens [sic])
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 [91] (Note on type)
Milliron, H. E. (1961). Revised classification of the bumblebees - a synopsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 34 (2): 49-61 [57] (Taxonomy, as Megabombus (M.))
Milliron, H. E. (1962). Taxonomic notes on some American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). Can. Entomol. 94 (7): 728-735 [729] (Taxonomy, synonymy, as Megabombus excellens)
Milliron, H. E. (1973). A monograph of the Western Hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). II. The genus Megabombus subgenus Megabombus. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 89: 81-237 [169-172] (Synonymy, redescription, distribution (as Megabombus (M.) excellens))
Olivier, A. G. (1789). Abeille pp. 46-84 in M. M. Diderot & D' Alembert (ed.) Encyclopédie Métodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes Vol. 4. Paris: Pankouke 331 pp. [64]
Rasmussen, C. (2003). Clave de identificación para las especies peruanas de Bombus Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), con notas sobre su biología y distribución. Rev. Peru. Entomol. 43: 31-45 [35] (Distribution, flower record)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [398]
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 [111] (Listed)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023