Genus Bombus Latreille, 1802

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bombus Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis, et Recueil de Mémoires et d'Observations sur les Abeilles, les Araignées, les Faucheurs, et Autres Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart Vol. 8 445 pp. [437].

  Type species:

   Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced into all warmer parts of the world.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Distribution References

General References

Richards, O.W. 1968. The subgeneric division of the genus Bombus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 22: 209-276 [Date published 31/12/1968]

Williams, P.H. 1985. A preliminary cladistic investigation of relationships among the bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Systematic Entomology 10: 239-255 [Date published 31/12/1985]

 

History of changes

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