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Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Apis ruderata Fabricius, J. C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae: Korte 1-832 pp. [380] .
Type data: lectotype ZMUC <?>.
Subsequent designation: Zimsen, E. (1964). The type material of J. C. Fabricius. Copenhagen: Munksgaard 656 pp. [415] (Zimsen indicates a lectotype designation by Richards that we were unable to locate) .
Type locality: Switzerland, Copenhagen [also from 'Madeira' in the original description].

Bombus villarricaensis Asperen de Boer, J. R. J. van (1992). Bombus villaricensis, a new garden bumblebee from southern Chile. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 52 (9): 133-136 [133] .
Type data: holotype ZMA <M>.
Type locality: Chile, Pucon.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Rio Negro), Chile

References

Abrahamovich, A. H. & Díaz, N. B. (2002). Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3 (2): 199-214 [209] (Note)
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] (Listed)
Arretz, P. V. & MacFarlane, R. P. (1986). The introduction of Bombus ruderatus to Chile for red clover pollination. Bee World 67 (1): 15-22 [15] (Introduced species)
Asperen de Boer, J. R. J. van (1993). Bombus villaricensis is but a junior synonym of Bombus ruderatus. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 53: 38 (Synonymy, introduced species)
Roig-Alsina, A. & Aizen, M. A. (1996). Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, un nuevo Bombus para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Physis (B. Aires) 51 (120-121): 49-50 [49] (Introduced species)
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 [117] (Taxonomy, distribution, note)

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