Bombus rubriventris Lepeletier, 1835
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1835 or before
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. L. M. (1835). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères Paris (1836).
Other references:
Abrahamovich, A.H. and Díaz, N.B. 2002. Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3: 199-214.
Abrahamovich, A.H., Díaz, N.B. and Morrone, J.J. 2004. Distributional patterns of the Neotropical and Andean species of the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Zoológica Mexicana 20: 99–117.
Milliron, H.E. 1973. A monograph of the western hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Bombinae) II. The genus Megabombus subgenus Megabombus. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 89 : 125-184.
Moure, J.S. and Sakagami, S.F. 1962. As mamangabas sociais do Brasil (Bombus latreille) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Studia Entomologica 5: 65-194.
Sasal, Y. 2016. Bombus rubriventris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21215134A21215301. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T21215134A21215301.en. Accessed on 09 July 2022.
Williams, Paul 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) 67: 79-152.
Williams, Paul H. (2014a). Bombus rubriventris: type locality, different histories of bumblebees in the New World, and a likely invertebrate extinction. Journal of Natural History 49(19-20): 1159-1171.
Williams, Paul H. (2014b). Bombus rubriventris: type locality, different histories of bumblebees in the New World, and a likely invertebrate extinction. Journal of Natural History. DOI:10.1080/00222933.2014.954022 [Abstract]
Williams, Paul H. & Osbourne, J.L. 2009. Bumblebee vulnerability and conservation world-wide. Apidologie 40: 367-387.
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