Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Bombini > Genus Bombus > Subgenus Thoracobombus
Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus Smith, 1879
Female of Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus Smith, 1879 on Picris echioides
Female of <i>Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus</i> Smith, 1879 on <i>Picris echioides</i>
Female of Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus Smith, 1879 on Picris echioides
Worker on <i>Carduus</i> sp.
Worker on Carduus sp.
Lateral view of woker of <i>Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus</i> Smith, 1879
Lateral view of woker of Bombus (Thoracobombus) bellicosus Smith, 1879
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Social bees
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • La Pampa
    • Misiones
    • Río Negro
    • San Luis
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil
 
Synonyms
  • Bombus Emiliae Dalla Torre, 1890
  • Bombus thoracicus fuliginosus Friese, 1904
  • Bombus thoracicus umbrinus Friese, 1912
  • Bombus thoracicus umbrinus Friese, 1939
References
  • ABRAHAMOVICH, A. H., DIAZ, N. B., & LUCIA, M. . 2005. Las especies del género Bombus Latreille en Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae): estudio taxonómico y claves para su identificación. Neotropical Entomology, 34, 235-250.
  • ABRAHAMOVICH, A. H.; N. B. DÍAZ & LUCIA. M. . 2007. IIdentification of the bumble bees species present in Argentina (Hymenoptera, Apidae): Illustrated key, diagnosis, geographical distribution and floral associations. Rev. Fac. Agron. 106(2): 65-176.
  • TORRETTA, J. P., & POGGIO, S. L . 2013. Species diversity of entomophilous plants and flower-visiting insects is sustained in the field margins of sunflower crops. Journal of Natural History, 47(3-4), 139-165.
  • ALVAREZ, L. J.; LUCIA, M., RAMELLO, P.J.; DEL PINO, M; ABRAHAMOVICH, A.H . 2014. Abejas asociadas a cultivos de Berenjena (Solanum melongena L., Solanaceae) en invernadero del Cinturón Hortícola de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rev. Fac. Agron.113(2): 211-217
  • MARRERO, H. J., TORRETTA, J. P., & MEDAN, D. 2014. Effect of land use intensification on specialization in plant–floral visitor interaction networks in the Pampas of Argentina. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 188, 63-71.
  • SANTOS, E., DANERS, G., MORELLI, E. & GALVÁN, G.A. 2020. Diversity of Bee Assemblage (Family Apidae) in Natural and Agriculturally Intensified Ecosystems in Uruguay. Environmental Entomology. 49(5): 1232–1241, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa078
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