@article {1728, title = {Las Especies del G{\'e}nero Bombus Latreille en Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Estudio Taxon{\'o}mico y Claves Para su Identificaci{\'o}n}, journal = {Neotropical Entomology}, volume = {34}, year = {2005}, month = {03/2005}, pages = {235-250}, chapter = {235}, abstract = {

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.

}, keywords = {BOMBUS, Bumble bee, systematics}, issn = {1519-566X}, url = {http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext\&pid=S1519-566X2005000200012}, author = {Alberto H Abrahamovich and Norma B. Diaz and Mariano Lucia} } @article {1731, title = {Identificaci{\'o}n de las {\textquotedblleft}abejas sociales{\textquotedblright} del g{\'e}nero Bombus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) presentes en la Argentina: clave pict{\'o}rica, diagnosis, distribuci{\'o}n geogr{\'a}fica y asociaciones florales}, journal = {Revista de la Facultad de Agronom{\'{\i}a, La Plata}, volume = {106}, year = {2007}, pages = {165-176}, chapter = {165}, abstract = {

En el presente trabajo se registran nueve especies de abejas sociales del g\énero Bombus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae) para Argentina; para su identificaci\ón se propone una clave pict\órica sencilla y para cada una de las especies se incluye una diagnosis, la distribuci\ón geogr\áfica y sus asociaciones florales.

}, keywords = {Argentina., BOMBUS, clave ilustrada, identificaci{\'o}, polinizadores}, issn = {0041-8676}, url = {http://www.agro.unlp.edu.ar/uploads/R/106_165_176.pdf}, author = {Alberto H Abrahamovich and Norma B. Diaz and Mariano Lucia} } @article {1730, title = {Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina}, journal = {Apidologie}, volume = {42}, year = {2011}, pages = {280-292}, chapter = {280}, abstract = {

A total of 382 bumblebee specimens were examined: Bombus atratus (n = 310), Bombus morio (n = 42), Bombus bellicosus (n = 16), Bombus opifex (n = 8), and Bombus tucumanus (n = 6). Prevalence, abundance, and intensity of mite infestation for each Bombus species and for each caste were recorded. The different mite species infesting bumblebee specimens were: Kuzinia laevis (Dujardin), Kuzinia americana (Delfinado and Baker), Scutacarus acarorum (Goeze), Pneumolaelaps longanalis (Hunter and Husband), Pneumolaelaps longipilus (Hunter), Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), and Parasitellus fucorum (De Geer). Numbers of mites varied enormously and ranged from 1 individual to over 200 per bumblebee. Kuzinia mites were represented by the phoretic forms (hypopi). Only nymphs of P. fucorum were recorded. Only female mites were recorded for the other mite species. T. putrescientiae, P. longipilus, S. acarorum, and P. fucorum were less abundant, while K. laevis, K. americana, and P. longanalis were the most abundant. These records of T. putrescientiae, P. fucorum, K. laevis, K. americana, P. longipilus, and S. acarorum are the first for Argentine bumblebees.

}, keywords = {bumblebees Argentina associated mites}, issn = {0044-8435}, doi = {DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010060}, url = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/a32116w1g7j1342x/}, author = {Matias Maggi and Mariano Lucia and Alberto H Abrahamovich} }