Bombus (Thoracobombus) muscorum pereziellus ( Skorikov, 1922 )

Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Zootaxa 5327 (1), pp. 1-147 : 32

Bombus (Thoracobombus) muscorum pereziellus ( Skorikov, 1922)

( Figs 6A, B )

Agrobombus pereziellus Skorikov, 1922: 150 .

Bombus muscorum pereziellus: Lecocq et al. 2014: 243 . Downgraded to subspecies rank.

The taxon pereziellus ( Figs 6A, B ) was re-assessed as a subspecies of Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Figs 6C, D ) by Lecocq et al. (2014) based on genetic and semio-chemical analyses. This taxonomic update was omitted in Rasmont et al. (2017).

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FIGURE 6. A. Bombus muscorum pereziellus Skorikov, 1922 female, habitus in lateral view. The taxon pereziellus was shown to be conspecific with the taxon muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) by Lecocq et al. (2014). This taxonomic update was omitted in Rasmont et al. (2017). B. B. muscorum pereziellus female, head in oblique view. C. Bombus muscorum pereziellus female, habitus in lateral view. D. B. muscorum pereziellus female, head in oblique view. Pictures by Paolo Rosa.