Bombus (Fervidobombus) diligens Smith, 1861
Bombus diligens
Smith, F. (1861). Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. J. Entomol. 1: 146-155 [154] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B.1056 <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 [91] .
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca.
Bombus dolichocephalus
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 [91] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, México, Sinaloa); Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (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 [103, 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] (Taxonomy, as dolichocephalus)
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. [517] (Taxonomy, as diligens and dolichocephalus)
Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [108, 143] (Taxonomy, as Bombus (Bombus) dolichocephalus and as Bombus (Bombias) brachycephalus (misidentification))
Franklin, H. J. (1915). Notes on Bombidae, with descriptions of new forms (Hym.). Entomol. News 26: 409–416 [411] (Distribution, description, as Bombus brachycephalus and dolichocephalus)
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 [159] (Distribution, as Bremus dolichocephalus)
Labougle, J. M. (1990). Bombus of México and Central America (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 54 (3): 35-73 [54, 55, 68] (Taxonomy, descriptive notes, distribution, comparative table, map)
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] (Catalog, as dolichocephalus)
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] (Synonymy)
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 of diligens and dolichocephalus)
Milliron, H. E. (1961). Revised classification of the bumblebees - a synopsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 34 (2): 49-61 [57] (Taxonomy)
Milliron, H. E. (1962). Taxonomic notes on some American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). Can. Entomol. 94 (7): 728-735 [728-729] (Taxonomy, synonymy, as Megabombus diligens)
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 [166-169] (Redescription, synonymy, distribution (as Megabombus (M.) diligens))
Peters, D. S. (1968). Beiträge zur Kenntnis aculeater Hymenopteren von Mexiko. I. Apinae (Apidae, Apoidea). Senckenb. Biol. 49 (3/4): 237-248 [244] (Distribution record)
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 [112] (Listed)
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