Bombus lucorum lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, Zootaxa 4237 (1), pp. 41-77 : 47

Bombus lucorum lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Orophilous subspecies that occurs at the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula, between 600 and 2500 m altitude and, at present, it has been collected in Pyrenean temperate oceanic forest pastures and peatlands, between 1100 m and 2550 m height ( Fig. 7 ), on Achilegia vulgaris L., Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.), Asphodellus albus L., Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johns., Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull., Campanula glomerata L., Carduus acanthoides L., Centaurea scabiosa L., Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop., Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Cirsium monspessulanum (L.) Hill, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. , Cynoglossum officinale L, Digitalis purpurea L., Echium plantagineum (Nox.) , Echium vulgare L. , Epilobium angustifolium L., Eryngium bourgatii Gouan. , Gentiana alpina Vill. , Gentiana lutea L., Iris latifolia L., Lathyrus pratensis L., Lonicera pyrenaica L., Lotus corniculatus L., Medicago sativa L. , Melilotus officinalis L., Onobrichis vicifolia Scop., Phlomis lychnitis L., Prunella vulgaris L., Ranunculus pyrenaeus L., Rhododendron ferrugineum L., Rubus ulmifolius Schott , Sempervirum montanum L., Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Trifolium pratense L. , Trifolium repens L. , Vaccinium myrtillus L. and Viola odorata L. This bumblebee is not considered scarce or threatened, its populations seem to be stable or increasing ( Table 2 ), although it exhibits a higher orophilous tendency in the Pyrenees ( Fig. 7 ).

New records. Andorra: Soldeu, 28-VII-2006, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME.

Spain: Girona: Camprodón , ski resort, 23-VII-2009, 2 males, 4 workers ; 8-VII-2015, 1 worker; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; La Molina , ski resort, 9-VII-2015, 1 queen, 3 males, 4 workers, F. Torres leg., UCME ; La Molina, Alabaus , 9-VII-2015, 1 male, 15 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Nùria, Pic de l´ Àliga , 24-VII-2009, 2 queens, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Nùria Bosc de la Verge , 10-VII-2015, 8 queens., F. Torres leg., UCME ; Huesca: Biescas , 10-VIII-2014, 1 male, E. Acosta leg., UMU; Canfranc, railway station, 3-VII-2006, 6 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Chía-Benasque , 13-VII-2011, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Chía, Mirador, Valle de Benasque , 14- VII-2011, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Hecho-Ansó mountain pass, 11-VIII-2 014, 2 males, 4 workers, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; La Besurta, Ibón de Villamorta, 15-VII-2011, 1 queen, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Linás de Broto , 12-VII-2013, 1 queen, F. Torres leg., UCME ; Ordesa , pradera 4-VII-2006, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg.; Ordesa, Circo de Soaso, 10-VII-2013, 1 workers, F. Torres; UCME ; 8-VIII-2014, 1 male, 2 workers, P. Acosta leg., UMU; Ordesa, Gradas de Soaso slope, 4-VII-2006, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg.; Ordesa, Gradas de Soaso, 4-VII-2006, 8 males, 8 workers, C. Ornosa leg.; UCME; 8-VIII-2014, 1 queen, 3 males, 2 workers, E. Acosta leg., UMU; Ordesa, Laña Sarratieto, 10-VII-2013, 1 male, F. Torres, UCME; Panticosa , alto, 5-VI-2006, 3 males, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; San Nicolás de Bujaruelo , 9-VIII- 2 014, 4 males, 1 worker, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; Sort pass track, 12-VIII-2 012, 1 worker, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU Zuriza, 5-VI-2006, 3 males, 2 workers ; 11-VII-2009, 1 worker; C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Zuriza track, 12-VIII-2014, 1 male, J. A. Acosta leg., UMU. Lleida: Aigüestortes, threshold, 26-VII-2006, 5 males, 5 workers ; 7-VII-2014, 2 workers; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Artiga de Lin , 14-VIII-2 012, 1 male, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; Baños de Tredós, 10-VII-2014, 15 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Baños de Tredós slope, 10-VII-2014, 7 workers, F. Torres, 1 male, 5 workers, C. Ornosa leg.; UCME ; Espot , ski resort, 8- VII-2014, 5 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME . Estany Llong , 9-VII-2014, 1 queen, 3 workers, F. Torres leg., UCME ; Estany Ratera-Mirador track, 26-VII-2006, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; 8-VII-2014, 6 workers, F. Torres leg., UCME; Estany Sant Maurici , 26-VII-2006, 3 males, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; 8-VII-2014, 4 workers, F. Torres leg., UCME. Jou , 10-VII-2014, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME . Ruda , track, 10-VII-2014, 9 workers, F. Torres leg, UCME . Grasslands between Estany Ratera and Estany Sant Maurici, 8-VII-2014, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; La Bonaigua pass, 27-VII-2006, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Salardú , 27-VII-2006, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Sort pass track, 12-VIII-2012, 1 worker, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU Navarra: Abodi pass, 11- VII-2009, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Distribution (in meters) range of the bumblebee species and subspecies observed in contemporary samplings (grey rectangles) in the Pyrenees compared with the known altitude distribution (black bars) from historical data.