Superfamily APOIDEA 2197 



Type-species: Apis ciillumanus Kirby. Desig. by Frison, 1927. 

 Bremus subg. Rufocinetobombus Frison, 1927. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 53: 78, pi. xvii, fig. 



9. 



Type-species: Bombns nifocinchis Cresson. Monotypic. 



Species of this subgenus are found in the Palaearctic, Nearctic and northern Neotropical Re- 

 gions. 



Biology: Hobbs, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 1293-1302 (ecology). 

 rufocinctus Cresson. N. S., N. B. and Que., west to B. C, south to Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Kans., 

 Minn., 111., Mich., N. Y., Vt. and Maine; Mexico (Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Mexico, 

 Michoacan, Morelos and Sonora). Parasite: Pliysocepliala texana (Will.), Psithyriis 

 fernaldae Franklin, P. insularis (Sm.), P. snckleyi (Greene). Predator: Philanthus 

 bicinctus (Mickel). 



Bovibus rufocinctus Cresson, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 106. 6, 5. 



Bombus iridis Cockerell and Porter, 1899. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 390. 9. 



Bovibus prunellae Cockerell and Porter, 1899. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 391. 9. 



Bombus iridis var. phaceliae Cockerell, 1906. Canad. Ent. 38: 160. 9. 



Bombus rufocinctus var. astragali Cockerell, 1907. Entomologist 40: 97. 9. 



Botnbus hyperboreus var. albertensis Cockerell, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 36.' 5. 



Bombus (Bombias) mexicejisis Franklin, 1911. Ainer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 163. 9. 



Bombus hensliawi Franklin, 1913. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 38: 446. 9. 



Bombus rufocinctus var. castoris Cockerell, 1915. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15: 537. S. 



Bremus rufocinctus var. sladeni Frison, 1926. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 52: 138. 6. Nomen 

 nudum. 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 62-70, figs. 3, 11, table 1 

 (synonymy, redescription, variation in color pattern, geogr. records). —Thorp, 1962. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 24-25 (synonymy, geogr. records from and near the type locality of 

 henshawi). -Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 529-530, fig. 132, table 

 18 (redescription). — Milliron, 1973. Ent. Soc. Canada, Mem. 91: 317-326, pi. XIX, map 34 

 (synonymy, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 



Biology: Armitage, 1965. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 97 (predator). 



Genus BOMBUS Subgenus PYROBOMBUS Dalla Torre 



Bombus subg. Pyrobombus Dalla Torre, 1880. Der Naturhistoriker 2: 40. 



Type-species: Apis hypnorum Linnaeus. Monotypic. 

 Bovibus subg. Pyrrhobombus Dalla Torre, 1882. Naturw.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, Ber. 12: 28. 



Emendation of Pyrobombus Dalla Torre. 

 Bombus subg. Poecilobombus Dalla Torre, 1882. Naturw.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, Ber. 12: 23. 



Type-species: Bombus sitke7isis Nylander. Desig. by Sandhouse, 1943. 

 Bombus subg. Pratobombus Vogt, 1911. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Sitzber., p. 49. 



Type-species: Apis pratorum Linnaeus. Desig. by Frison, 1927. 

 Bombus subg. Hypnombombus Quilis Perez, 1927. Lab. Hist. Nat. Valencia, Trabhs. 16: 19. 



Lapsus. 

 Bo7nbus subg. Hypnorobombus Quilis Perez, 1927. Lab. Hist. Nat. Valencia, Trabhs. 16: 97. 

 Type-species: Apis hypnorum Linnaeus. Monotypic. {=Bombus hypnorum 

 (Linnaeus)). 

 Bombus subg. Lapponicobombus Quilis Perez, 1927. Lab. Hist. Nat. Valencia, Trabhs. 16: 

 19, 22, 63. 



Type-species: Apis lapponica Fabricius. Desig. by Milliron, 1961. (=Bombus 

 lapponicus (Fabricius)). 



This is a large assemblage of species which occur principally in the Holarctic Region, but a 

 few species extend into Central America and into the East Indies. 



Biology: Hobbs, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 1271-1292 (ecology of south. Alta. spp.). 

 bifarius bifarius Cresson. B. C, Oreg. (Steens Mts.), Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.), Idaho, Utah, 

 Colo. Predator: Philanthus bicinctus (Mickel). 

 Bombus bifarius Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc p. 185. 9, 5. 



