TY - JOUR T1 - Las Especies del Género Bombus Latreille en Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Estudio Taxonómico y Claves Para su Identificación JF - Neotropical Entomology Y1 - 2005 A1 - Alberto H Abrahamovich A1 - Norma B. Diaz A1 - Mariano Lucia SP - 235 EP - 250 KW - BOMBUS KW - Bumble bee KW - systematics AB -

This study presents a taxonomic review of the Argentinean species of Bombus. Keys to identify female and male specimens at the species level [including the Palearctic species, Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus] are given. Three subgenera are recognized: Fervidobombus, the most diversified, with six different species; Coccineobombus and Robustobombus each with one species. For each taxon, queen, worker and male descriptions are given, as well as the following information: morphological variation, comparative comments and geographic distribution. Also, for each taxon SEM photographs of male genitalia and drawings of female sting capsule are provided.

VL - 34 UR - http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2005000200012 ER -