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Bombus folsomi and the origin of Philippine bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author(s) -
STARR CHRISTOPHER K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1989.tb00294.x
Subject(s) - biology , apidae , hymenoptera , cladistics , type locality , zoology , genus , apoidea , type species , type (biology) , ecology , phylogenetics , gene , biochemistry
The type female of Bombus folsomi (Frison) is redescribed and synomymized with B.ephippiatus Say. It is concluded that the putative type locality of B.folsomi , Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, is in error and that the genus appears to be absent from Borneo. This lends support to the hypothesis that bumble bees immigrated to the Philippines by an unusual northern route through Taiwan. More rigorous testing of this idea will require further cladistic analysis of the genus Bombus .