Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54
Acquired:
2020-02-01
Notes:
Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species
Reference for:
Bombus impatiens
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Krombein, Karl V., Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1979-01-01 / 1979-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, vol. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata)
Page(s):
xvi + 1199-2209
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Bombus impatiens
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, P. H.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-06-25 / 1998-06-25
Article/Chapter Title:
An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology), vol. 67, no. 1
Page(s):
79-152
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0968-0454
Notes:
updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html
Reference for:
Bombus impatiens
Bombus impatiens: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Bombus impatiens: Comments
Comment:
Paul Williams ("Bombus - bumblebees of the world" website, 12/2006) says "this species has been introduced into Mexico and into California, which is outside its native range (Thorpe, 2003)", but also (pers. comm., 12/2006) notes that "its precise current status there needs to be confirmed"
Comment:
Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. (2018) "All records from west of the Rocky Mountains are of escapees from commercial greenhouses. Bombus impatiens is currently being spread far outside its current range by the commercial greenhouse industry. Claims that this species cannot establish itself in areas with warm winters are clearly false as it is well known to occur in subtropical Miami, Florida." Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species