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Bombus medius Cresson, 1863

Apis Cajennensis Fabricius, 1798:273, sex not indicated.Cajennae (leg. Richard); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:123, it is, of course, doubtful whether Fabricius' specimens of cayennensis are still extant. - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:123 ( listed as synonym of Bombus medius Cresson, 1863); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:523 ( listed as synonym of Bombus medius Cresson, 1863). - As Apis cayennensis: - As Bombus cajennensis: - Curtis et al., 1837Curtis, J., Haliday, A.H. and Walker, F. 1837. Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P.P. King, R.N., F.R.S., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17 (3):315-360. (distribution); Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61. (distribution). - As Bombus cayennensis: - Lepeletier, 1836Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Alfken, 1933Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307. (distribution). - As Bombus cayennensis: - Lepeletier, 1836Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Alfken, 1933Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307. (distribution).
Bombus violaceus Lepeletier, 1836:473, ♀.Amérique septentrionale (Musée de M. Serville); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:110, Types (probably still extant in the collection of the National Museum of France at Paris). - Saussure, 1868Saussure, H.de 1868. Hymenoptera. Familien der Vespiden, Sphegiden, Pompiliden, Crabroniden und Heterogynen. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. 1857–1859. Zoologischer Theil. part 1. Wien. 138 pp., 4 pl. (distribution); Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.:240 ( listed as synonym of Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)), 241 ( listed as synonym of Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:110 ( listed as synonym of Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906).
Bombus medius Cresson, 1863:97, xw ?. Holotype xw, Utah (Coll. Smith. Inst.); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:124, Type (probably in the collection of the United States National Museum). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Cockerell, 1932Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17. (distribution); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. (distribution); Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002Abrahamovich, A.H. & N.B. Díaz 2002. Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3 (2):199-214. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Dardón et al., 2016Dardón, M.J., C.L. Yurrita & M. Vásquez 2016. Catalogue of the bees of the genus Bombus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae) in Guatemala. Revista Cientifica 26 (1):9-19. (distribution); Dardón et al., 2020Dardón, M.J., C.L. Yurrita, P. Landaverde-González P. & A.R. Vásquez M. 2020. Rediscovering the diversity of Guatemalan bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Bombus Latreille, 1802). International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences 7 (2):1-14. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Bombus violaceus Holmberg, 1879:154 - Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.:241 ( listed as synonym of Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)).
Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888:241, ♂♀xw. Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:111, Types (k. k. Hofmuseum at Vienna). Replacement name for Bombus violaceus Holmberg, 1879 by Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.:241. - Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:110 ( listed as synonym of Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906).
Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906:75 - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Bombus medius     Cresson, 1863

Distribution

ARGArgentina
(Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906])
BRABrazil
(Lepeletier, 1836 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Smith, 1854 [as Bombus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Saussure, 1868 [as Bombus violaceus Lepeletier, 1836]; Handlirsch, 1888 [as Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888]; Handlirsch, 1888 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Cockerell, 1912 [as Bombus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906]; Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Alfken, 1933 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)])
CRICosta Rica
(Dardón et al., 2016)
ECUEcuador
(Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906]; Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
GTMGuatemala
(Handlirsch, 1888 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Maes, 1993; Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016; Dardón et al., 2020)
GUFFrench Guiana
(Fabricius, 1798 [as Apis cajennensis Fabricius, 1798]; Lepeletier, 1836 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Smith, 1854 [as Bombus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Franklin, 1913 [as Apis cajennensis Fabricius, 1798])
GUYGuyana
(Bodkin, 1918 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)])
HNDHonduras
(Cockerell, 1949; Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016)
MEXMexico
(Curtis et al., 1837 [as Bombus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Cresson, 1879; Handlirsch, 1888 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus cayennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Bombus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1798)]; Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Michener, 1954; Maes, 1993; Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-DiFMexico - Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
(Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
(Franklin, 1913; Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
(Cockerell, 1932)
NICNicaragua
(Maes, 1993; Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016)
PANPanama
(Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Michener, 1954; Maes, 1993; Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016)
PERPeru
(Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906])
PRYParaguay
(Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906]; Franklin, 1913; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920)
SLVEl Salvador
(Abrahamovich & Díaz, 2002; Dardón et al., 2016)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
(Cresson, 1863; Cresson, 1879 needs confirmation)
VENVenezuela
(Handlirsch, 1888 [as Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus carbonarius Handlirsch, 1888]; Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906]; Franklin, 1913 [as Bombus kohli Cockerell, 1906])
VIRVirgin Islands (U.S.)
(Cresson, 1879 [as Bombus violaceus Lepeletier, 1836])

Literature

  • Abrahamovich, A.H. & N.B. Díaz 2002. Bumble bees of the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biota Colombiana 3 (2):199-214.
  • Alfken, J.D. 1933. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, inbesondere in das Amazonasgebeit, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. IX Teil. Hymenoptera: Apidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 45:303-307.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19 (2):41-61.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard expeditions of 1929-1930. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:9-17.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1863. List of North American species of Bombus and Apathus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2:83-116.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Curtis, J., Haliday, A.H. and Walker, F. 1837. Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P.P. King, R.N., F.R.S., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17 (3):315-360.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Dardón, M.J., C.L. Yurrita & M. Vásquez 2016. Catalogue of the bees of the genus Bombus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae) in Guatemala. Revista Cientifica 26 (1):9-19.
  • Dardón, M.J., C.L. Yurrita, P. Landaverde-González P. & A.R. Vásquez M. 2020. Rediscovering the diversity of Guatemalan bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Bombus Latreille, 1802). International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences 7 (2):1-14.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae, Proft et Storch.
  • Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486.
  • Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.
  • Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 1-547.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Saussure, H.de 1868. Hymenoptera. Familien der Vespiden, Sphegiden, Pompiliden, Crabroniden und Heterogynen. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. 1857–1859. Zoologischer Theil. part 1. Wien. 138 pp., 4 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.