Species Bombus vosnesenskii Radoszkowski, 1862

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• Bombus vosnesenskii Radoszkowski, O. 1862. Sur quelques hyménoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Byulletin' Moskovskogo Obshchesteva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 35: 589-598 [589].

  Type data:

   Holotype (type depository '?Academy of Science, USSR' [Russia] according to Thorp, R.W., Horning, D.S. Jr & Dunning, L.L. 1983. Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London : University of California Press 79 pp. [46]), Califiornia.

  Secondary source:

   Williams, P.H. 1998. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 67(1): 79-152 [Date published June] [128].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

One specimen collected in SE Qld in 1997.

Introduced from Neotropics.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, volant.

General References

Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp. [21] (record from Australia)

Krombein, K.V., Hurd, P.D., Smith, D.R. & Burks, B.O. (eds) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institute Press Vol. 2 1199-2209 pp. [2201] (distribution)

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