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Bombus (Robustobombus) melaleucus Handlirsch, 1888
Bombus melaleucus Handlirsch, A. (1888). Die Hummelsammlung des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 3 (3): 209-250 [228] .
Type data: lectotype NMW <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 [93] .
Type locality: unknown [probably Peru].

Bombus (Bombias) ramonensis Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [140] .
Type data: holotype USNM <M>.
Type locality: 'San Ramon (Costa Rica ?)'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (La Paz), Colombia (Cauca, Magdalena, Meta), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Tungurahua), Peru (Ancash, Ayacucho, Cuzco, Huánuco, Ica, Lima, Piura), Venezuela (Amazonas)

References

Abrahamovich, A. H. & Díaz, N. B. (2002). Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3 (2): 199-214 [208] (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 [109, 114] (Distribution, biogeography (partim, as Bombus melaleucus))
Franklin, H. J. (1913). The Bombidae of the New World. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 39: 73-200 [140, 157] (partim, as Bombus (Bombias) ramonensis , funebris)
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)
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, 226, 228] (Listed, key, descriptive note)
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 [529] (Catalog, as ramonensis (Fraternus group))
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 [93] (Note on type material (as Bombus melaleucus))
Milliron, H. E. (1962). Taxonomic notes on some American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). Can. Entomol. 94 (7): 728-735 [733] (New combination (as Pyrobombus (Cullumanobombus) melaleucus), synonymy)
Milliron, H. E. (1973). A monograph of the Western Hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae). III. The genus Pyrobombus subgenus Cullumanobombus. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 91: 239-333 [267-270] (Redescription, synonymy, distribution, as Pyrobombus (Cullumanobombus) melaleucus (misidentification, see volucelloides))
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 [40] (Note, distribution (partim, as Bombus melaleucus))
Schulz, W. A. (1906). Spolia Hymenopterologica. Paderborn: Junfermannschen Buchhandlung 355 pp. [267] (Unjustified emendation, as melanoleucus)
Skorikov, A. S. (1922). Les bourdons de la faune paléarctique, Partie 1, Biologie génerale. Bull. Sta. Reg. Protect. Plantes, Petrograd 4: 1-160 [156] (Listed, as Alpigenobombus (Fraternobombus) ramonensis)
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 [136] (Taxonomy, provisional synonymy, notes)

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