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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. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [19] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1905). Tables for the separation of some bees of the genera Coelioxys and Colletes. Psyche 12: 85-90 [90] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Some bees from Guatemala. Psyche 19 (3): 105-106 [106] (Taxonomy, distribution, as Bombus unifasciatus)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). Descriptions and records of bees - XLIX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 185-195 [192] (Distribution, as unifasciatus)
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)
Cockerell, W. P. (1912). Collecting bees at Gualan, Guatemala. Can. Entomol. 44: 277-282 [282] (Taxonomy, as Bombus unifasciatus)
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Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [534]
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)
Franklin, H. J. (1915). Notes on Bombidae, with descriptions of new forms (Hym.). Entomol. News 26: 409–416 [415] (Distribution)
Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [288, 298] (Citation, taxonomy, as Bombus Cayennensis var. Mexicanus)
Friese, H. (1921). Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 82: 73-98 [75] (Flower record)
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))
Labougle, J. M. (1990). Bombus of México and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (3): 35-73 [57, 68] (Taxonomy, descriptive notes, distribution, map)
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 [61] (Distribution, descriptive note, color variation)
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 [524] (Catalog, synonymy)
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]
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [163]
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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