Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Ent. Ber. Amst.
Volume
53
Publication Date
1-1-1993
First Page
32
Last Page
34
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., "A note on Bombus rohweri with a description of the queen (Hymenoptera: Apidae)" (1993). An. Paper 143.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_an/143