Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Ent. Ber. Amst.
Volume
52
Publication Date
1-1-1992
First Page
133
Last Page
136
Abstract
A new bumblebee species of the subgenus Megabombus is described from the Chilean Lake District. The type series consists of 74 queens, 36 workers and a single male. Queens show a tendency to melanism as has also been observed for the European B. hortorum and B. ruderatus. B. villarricaensis is both morphologically and in colouration close to those species but a number of differences are enumerated. The very considerable geographic separation from the known Garden bumblebees would also support specific ranking.
Recommended Citation
van Asperen de Boer, J. R. J., "Bombus villarricaensis, a new Garden bumblebee from. Suthern Chile (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" (1992). An. Paper 142.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_an/142