Bombus (Fervidobombus) mexicanus Cresson, 1878
Bombus mexicanus
Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [187] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2646 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [124] .
Type locality: Mexico.
Bombus unifasciatus
Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [133] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B.1047 <W>.
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 [97] .
Type locality: Guatemala.
Bombus mexicanus adani
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [488] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58899 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama
References
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Tables for the separation of some bees of the genera Coelioxys and Colletes. Psyche 12: 85-90 [90] (Distribution)
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [487] (Taxonomy (as Bombus unifasciatus), distribution, flower record)
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Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [123, 128] (partim, as unifasciatus; taxonomy, as Bombus (Bombus) mexicanus, distribution, synonymy)
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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 [144, 148, 160] (Citation, as Bremus mexicanus)
Handlirsch, A. (1888). Die Hummelsammlung des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 3 (3): 209-250 [240, 241] (Taxonomy (as Bombus Cayennensis var. Mexicanus))
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Michener, C. D. (1962). An interesting method of pollen collecting by bees from flowers with tubular anthers. Rev. Biol. Trop. 10 (2): 167-175 [174] (Fig. 2, biology (pollen coll.), distribution record)
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 [97] (Note on type material of unifasciatus)
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 [227-232] (Synonymy, redescription, distribution, as Megabombus (M.) mexicanus)
Wille, A. (1963). Behavioral adaptations of bees for pollen collecting from Cassia flowers. Rev. Biol. Trop. 11 (2): 205-210 [207, 208] (Flower record, biology, distribution)
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 [114] (Listed)
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