Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis perezi ( Schulthess-Rechberg, 1886 )

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 : 33

Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis perezi ( Schulthess-Rechberg, 1886)

( Figs 7A, B )

Psithyrus perezi Schulthess-Rechberg, 1886: 275 .

Bombus vestalis perezi: Lecocq et al. 2014: 243 . Downgraded to subspecies rank.

The taxon perezi ( Figs 7A, B ) was re-assessed as a subspecies of Bombus vestalis Geoffroy (1785) ( Figs 7C, 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 7. A. Bombus vestalis perezi Schulthess-Rechberg, 1886 female, habitus in lateral view. The taxon perezi was shown to be conspecific with the taxon vestalis Geoffroy, 1785 by Lecocq et al. (2014). This taxonomic update was omitted in Rasmont et al. (2017). B. B. vestalis perezi female, head in oblique view. C. Bombus vestalis vestalis female, habitus in lateral view. D. B. vestalis vestalis female, head in oblique view. Pictures by Paolo Rosa.