Bumblebees with big teeth: revising the subgenus Alpigenobombus with the good, the bad and the ugly of numts (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
The mountain bumblebees of the subgenus Alpigenobombus Skorikov, 1914, are uniquely distinctive because the females have enlarged mandibles with six large, evenly spaced teeth, which they use to bite holes in long-corolla flowers for nectar robbing. Recognition of species in this subgenus has been...
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Language: | English |
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Consortium of European Natural History Museums
2023-09-01
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Series: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
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Online Access: | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2283 |