Mimetic colour pattern evolution in the highly polymorphic Bombus trifasciatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species complex and its comimics

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 805-826

  Hines, Heather M ^a,b,c   Williams, Paul H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bumble bee; Coloration; Mimicry; Phylogeography; South East Asia; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS HAEMORRHOIDALIS; BOMBUS TRIFASCIATUS; BREVICEPS; HYMENOPTERA; MYA;

EID: 84870174409     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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