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.
PLISCHUK, S., & LANGE, C. E. 2016.Bombus brasiliensis Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae) infected with Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 60(04): 347-351.
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.