Bombus Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Júnior, José Eustáquio Santos
name: Santos, Fabrício R.
name: Silveira, Fernando A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus

description: <b>KeytofemalesofBrazilianspeciesof <i>Bombus</i> Latreille, 1802.</b> (Modifiedfrom [23]) 1. <b>-</b> Pilosityentirelyblack, exceptforapically-palehairsonventralpartsofbody........ <b>2</b> <b>-</b> Pilosity at least partially yellow on mesosoma, metasoma or both, forming bands or entirely covering one or more terga.......................................................... <b>4</b> 2. <b>-</b> Malararealongerthanitsapicalwidth; posteriorglabrousareaondiscofmesoscutum well delimited, micro-reticulate and dull.... <b> <i>B</i>. <i>morio</i> (Swederus, 1787)</b> <b>-</b> Malar area shorter than its apical width; posterior glabrous area on disc of mesoscutum poorly or well delimited but never micro-reticulate and shiny........... <b>3</b> 3. <b>-</b> Micro-punctateregiononupperparaoculararea, nearupperinner-marginofcompound eyes wide, as wide as or wider than mid-ocellar diameter, occupying half of ocellorbital distance; pilosity relatively dense, velvety, especially dorsally on mesoscutum of queens.......................... <b> <i>B</i>. <i>brevivillus</i> Franklin, 1913</b> <i> *</i> <b>-</b> Micro-punctateregiononupperparaoculararea, nearupperinner-marginofcompound eyes narrow, narrower than mid-ocellar diameter, generally occupying one third of ocellorbital distance; pilosity looser, not velvety............................................................................................ <b> <i>pauloensis</i> Friese, 1913</b> (black form) 4. <b>-</b> Pilosityofpronotum, mesoscutumandscutellumlight-yellowtoyellowish-brown, without black intertegular hair-band; pilosity on T4-T6 ferruginous............................................................................................ <b> <i>B</i>. <i>bellicosus</i> Smith, 1879</b> <b>-</b> Yellow pilosity on pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum relatively well developed, but always with an intertegular black band; T3 generally with yellow hair band; T4-T6 blackhaired................................................................................. <b>5</b> 5. <b>-</b> Yellowpilosityonmesosomanevertotallycoveringmesoandmetepisterna, whichare black haired on lower half, including venter........................................... <b>6</b> <b>-</b> Yellow pilosity entirely covering meso and metepisterna, frequently reaching venter of mesosoma...................................................................................... <b>7</b> 6. <b>-</b> Posteriorglabrousareaondiscofmesoscutumill-defined, withsparsepuncturesreaching its middle; pilosity on pronotum, scutellum and T3 deep yellow, black intertegular band narrower than pronotal band........ <b> <i>B</i>. <i>transversalis</i> (Olivier, 1789)</b> <b>-</b> Posterior glabrous area on disc of mesoscutum well defined, with no punctures on its middle; yellow pilosity entirely light; intertegular hair band wider than pronotal band........................................... <b> <i>B</i>. <i>pauloensis</i> Friese, 1913</b> (yellow-banded form) 7. <b>-</b> T1 coveredwithyellowpilosity......................... <b> <i>B</i>. <i>brasiliensis</i> Lepeletier, 1836</b> <b>-</b> T1 covered with black pilosity, frequently intermingled with yellow or partially yellow hairs mid-apically................ <b> <i>B</i>. <i>bahiensis</i> Santos Júnior &amp; Silveira sp. n.</b> <i> *</i> Probably a compound species (see text).
description: Published as part of <i>Júnior, José Eustáquio Santos, Santos, Fabrício R. &amp; Silveira, Fernando A., 2015, Hitting an Unintended Target: Phylogeography of Bombus brasiliensis Lepeletier, 1836 and the First New Brazilian Bumblebee Species in a Century (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 1-21 in PLoS ONE 10 (5)</i> on pages 13-14, DOI: DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0125847, http://zenodo.org/record/3564713
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