Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status
Author
Ornosa, Concepción
Author
Torres, Félix
Author
Rúa, Pilar De La
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2017
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Bombus bohemicus
Seidl, 1837
Eurosiberian species distributed from
Ireland
in the west to the Pacific coasts in the east. In the Iberian Peninsula it is found in the northern half between 900 and
2000 m
of altitude (
Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004
). The species is a common cuckoo-bumblebee and not considered to be threatened (Rasmont
et al.
2015).
At present it has been collected in the Pyrenees in forest pastures and mountain meadows, between
1310 and
2300
m (
Fig. 7
)
on
Achilegia vulgaris
L.,
Buglossoides arvensis
(L.) I.M.Johns.,
Centaurea scabiosa
L.,
Cirsium acaule
(L.) Scop.,
Eryngium bourgatii
Gouan.
,
Lathyrus pratensis
L.,
Lotus corniculatus
L.,
Onobrichis vicifolia
Scop.,
Silene acaulis
(L.) Jacq.,
Trifolium pratense
L.
, and
Viola odorata
L. There
is also another recent record from Sierra del Caurel in Galicia (Lugo: Liñares,
1300 m
,
3-IX-10
, 1 male, R. Outerelo leg., UCME).
According to the current data, this species exhibits greater elevational tendency (
Fig. 7
), but it is not regarded as being scarce or threatened (
Table 2
).
New
records.
Andorra
:
Soldeu
,
28-VII-2006
,
1 male
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
.
Spain
:
Girona
:
La Molina
road,
25-VII-2009
,
1 male
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
.
Huesca
:
Biescas
,
10-VIII- 2014
,
1 male
,
E. Acosta
leg., UMU; Ordesa, pradera,
4-VII-2006
,
6 males
,
1 queen
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Ordesa
,
Gradas de Soaso
,
8-VIII-2014
,
1 male
.,
E. Acosta
leg., UMU; Parzán,
8-VII-2009
,
1 male
,
V. Monserrat
leg.,
UCME
;
San Nicolás de Bujaruelo
,
9-VIII-2014
,
3 males
,
P. De la Rúa
leg., UMU
Lleida:
Aigüestortes threshold,
26-VII-2006
,
4 males
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Grasslands
between Estany Ratera and Estany Sant Maurici
,
26-VII-2006
,
1 male
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Estany Ratera – Mirador
track,
26- VII-2006
,
4 males
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Estany Ratera
track,
26- VII-2006
,
3 males
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Jou
road,
10/07/2014
,
1 male
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
La Bonaigua
,
La Peülla
,
27-VII-2006
,
2 males
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
.