Cullumanus

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Cullumanus

Bombus cullumanus (Kirby, 1802)

Cullumana (Kirby, 1802:359 [Apis]) examined
serrisquama Morawitz, 1888:224
Silantjewi Morawitz, 1891:132
apollineus Skorikov, 1910b:412
TAXONOMIC STATUS: Some of these nominal taxa (serrisquama, apollineus) have been treated as separate species. However, aside from differences in colour pattern, they are closely similar in morphology (Panfilov, 1951). Rasmont (1988) has drawn attention to the co-occurrence of the white-banded B. apollineus with the yellow-banded B. serrisquama in northern Iran, apparently without intermediate individuals. But by analogy, it is possible that this colour difference could be the effect of just two alleles at a single locus for pigment (cf. B. melanopygus, see also the comments on B. keriensis). Evidence from COI barcodes is consistent with them being parts of a single species that varies in colour pattern.

MORPHOLOGY: photos of male genitalia.

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region.

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