Species info
Classification > Subfamily Apinae > Tribe Bombini > Genus Bombus > Subgenus Thoracobombus
Bombus (Thoracobombus) brasiliensis Lepeletier, 1836
Worker in lateral view, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (MLP)
Worker in lateral view, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (MLP)
Worker in lateral view, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (MLP)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Social bees
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil and Paraguay
 
Synonyms
  • Bombus venustus Smith, 1861
  • Bombus brasiliensis palliventris Friese, 1931
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.
  • BRAVI, M.E, ALVAREZ, L.J, LUCIA, M., PECORARO, M.R.I, GARCIA, M.L.G, & REYNALDI, F.J. 2019. Wild bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini) as a potential reservoir for bee pathogens in northeastern Argentina. J Apic Res. 58: 710–713.
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