2200 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 132-135, fig. 27, map 16 

 (synonymy, redescription, geogr. records). 



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

 mixtus Cresson. Alaska, south to Calif., Idaho and Colo. Predator: Philanthus bicincttis 

 (Mickel). 

 Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 186. 9,5. 

 Bremus edwardsii var. russulus Prison, 1927. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 16: 374. 5. 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 113-120, fig. 23, map 15 (synonymy, 

 redescription, geogr. records). 

 perplexus Cresson. Alaska to Maine, south to Wis., 111. and Fla., ?Alta. Parasite: IPsiihynis 

 fenialdae Franklin. 

 Bovibus perplexus Cresson, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 91. cJ. 

 Bombus hudsonicus Cresson, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 92. 6. 

 Apathus dorsalis Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 343. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 533-534, table 18 (synonymy, 

 redescription, geogr. range, floral records). 



Biology: Plath, 1927. Psyche 34: 124-125 (nest). — Plath, 1927. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 20: 189 



(hibernation). —Plath, 1934. Bumblebees and Their ways, p. 146 (life history). 

 pleuralis Nylander. Rocky Mountain States, B. C, N. W. T., Yukon, Alaska. 



Bovtbus pleuralis Nylander, 1848. Notiser Sallskapet Fauna Fenn., Forhandl. 1: 231. 9, 6. 

 pleuralis var. clarus (Prison). B. C, N. W. T., Alaska. 



Bremus pleuralis var. clarus Prison, 1926. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 52: 139. 9, d, 5. 

 sandersoni Franklin. Ont. to Newfoundland, south to Tenn. and N. C. 



Bombus vagans sandersojii Franklin, 1913. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 38: 353. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 534-535 (tax. status, 

 redescription). 

 sitkensis Nylander. Alaska, south to Calif., Idaho, Mont, and Wyo. 



Bovibus sitkensis Nylander, 1848. Notiser Sallskapet Fauna Fenn., Forhandl. 1: 235. 9, 6. 

 Bo7nbus oregoneiisis Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. p. 185. 6. 

 Bombus mixtuosus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 128. 9,5. 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 120-124, fig. 24, map 14 

 (redescription, geogr. records). 

 sylvicola Kirby. Alaska east to Newfoundland, south on the principal cordillera of west. U. S. 

 (Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Great Basin and Rocky Mts.) to Calif., Nev., Utah and N. Mex. 

 Bombus sylvicola Kirby, 1837. Fauna Bor.-Amer., v. 4, p. 272. 

 Bovibus gelidus Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc p. 184. 9. 

 Bremus sylvicola var. sculleni Prison, 1929. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 55: 108. 9. 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 126-130, fig. 26, map 16 

 (synonymy, redescription, variation, geogr. records). —Thorp, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 

 21-23 (tax. status, geogr. records, variation in colorational pattern). — Milliron, 1971. Ent. 

 Soc Canada, Mem. 82: 42 (tax. status). — Loken, 1973. Norsk Ent. Tidsskr. 20: 76 (tax. 

 status). 



sylvicola var. johanseni Sladen. N. W. T., Baffin Land. 



Bombus sylvicola var. johanseni Sladen, 1919. Rpt. Canad. Arctic Exped. 1913-18, v. 3, p. 

 30g. 9, 5. 



sylvicola var. lutzi (Prison). Ariz. 



Bremus sylvicola var. lutzi Prison, 1923. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 48: 309. 9. 



Taxonomy: Thorp, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 177, 180 (validity of Ariz, record). 

 ternarius Say. Yukon east to N. S., south to Ga., Mich., Kans., Mont, and B. C. Parasite: 

 Psitliyrus insularis (Smith). 

 Bovibus ternarius Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 414. 6. 

 ^Bombus oniatus Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 398. 9, cJ, 5. 



