The high alpine bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Zillertal Alps, Austria
Author
Bossert, Silas
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2014
2
1115
1115
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1115
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1115
1314-2828--1115
Dufourea alpina Morawitz, 1865
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on Leontodonhispidus; recordedBy:
S. Bossert
; individualCount:
5
; sex:
5 males
; Location: country:
Austria
; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality:
Zemmgrund
; verbatimElevation:
2117 m
; decimalLatitude:
47.028291
; decimalLongitude:
11.822605
; Event: samplingProtocol:
manual catch
; eventDate:
07-04-12
; habitat: alpine meadow / tall forb meadow
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on Leontodon sp.; recordedBy:
S. Bossert
; individualCount:
2
; sex:
2 males
; Location: country:
Austria
; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality:
Zemmgrund
; verbatimElevation:
1980 m
; decimalLatitude:
47.019336
; decimalLongitude:
11.807515
; Event: samplingProtocol:
manual catch
; eventDate:
07-05-12
; habitat: alpine meadow
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on Phyteuma sp.; recordedBy:
S. Bossert
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
1 female
; Location: country:
Austria
; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality:
Zemmgrund
; verbatimElevation:
2120 m
; decimalLatitude:
47.028004
; decimalLongitude:
11.822377
; Event: samplingProtocol:
manual catch
; eventDate:
07-08-12
; habitat: alpine meadow / dwarf shrub community
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on Leontodon sp.; recordedBy:
S. Bossert
; individualCount:
2
; sex:
2 females
; Location: country:
Austria
; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality:
Zemmgrund
; verbatimElevation:
2004 m
; decimalLatitude:
47.022352
; decimalLongitude:
11.814313
; Event: samplingProtocol:
manual catch
; eventDate:
07-09-12
; habitat: alpine meadow
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on yellow flowering Cichorioideae; recordedBy:
S. Bossert
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
1 male
; Location: country:
Austria
; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality:
Zemmgrund
; verbatimElevation:
2381 m
; decimalLatitude:
47.036318
; decimalLongitude:
11.828558
; Event: samplingProtocol:
manual catch
; eventDate:
07-10-12
; habitat: alpine meadow
Distribution
Dufourea alpina
occurs in the Pyrenees and in the European Alps. Further it has been reported from the Balkan Peninsula (
Ebmer 1988
).
Notes
Together with
Panurginus montanus
,
Dufourea alpina
was probably the most common solitary bee species during the investigation period. Especially the males can easily be recognized since they often take shelter in flowers as mentioned in
Amiet and Krebs (2012)
.