Bombus (Thoracobombus) opifex Smith, 1879
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Social bees
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • Córdoba
    • Jujuy
    • La Rioja
    • Mendoza
    • Salta
    • San Juan
    • San Luis
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.
 
This species was mistakenly cited for the province of Misiones (Abrahamovich & Diaz, 2001; Abrahamovich et al. 2004, 2005), due to mislabeled specimens deposited in the La Plata Museum. Specimens from San Ignacio, Mendoza (Jórgensen, 1912a, 1912b) were relabeled as from San Ignacio, Misiones.
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  • JÖRGENSEN, P. 1912a. Los crisídidos y los hymenopteros aculeatos de la Província de Mendoza. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 22: 267-338
  • JÖRGENSEN, P. 1912b. Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 89-162
  • 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.
  • MAGGI, M; LUCIA, M; ABRAHAMOVICH, A.H. . 2011. Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina. Apidologie. 42(3):280-292.
  • REVANEIRA, P., LUCIA, M., ABRAHAMOVICH, A. H., & MAGGI, M. . 2014. Spatial aggregation of phoretic mites on Bombus atratus and Bombus opifex (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina. Apidologie, 45(5): 579-589.
  • REVANEIRA, P. D., QUINTANA, S., FERNANDEZ DE LANDA, G., MEROI ACERITO, F., LUCIA, M., ABRAHAMOVICH, A. H., ... & MAGGI, M. D. 2020. Phoretic mites on South American bumblebees (Bombus spp.) as parasite carriers: a historical input. Apidologie. 51(4): 455-464.
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