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 Bombus gerstaeckeri Morawitz, 1882 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: on Aconitumnapellus L.; recordedBy: S. Bossert ; individualCount: 3 ; sex: 3 females ; Location: country: Austria ; stateProvince: Tyrol; locality: Zemmgrund ; verbatimElevation: 1603 m ; decimalLatitude: 47.032362 ; decimalLongitude: 11.776317 ; Event: samplingProtocol: manual catch ; eventDate: 08-08-13 ; habitat: tall forb meadow Distribution The species occurs in the Pyrenees, European Alps and on the Balkan Peninsula ( Amiet 1996 ). Further it has been mentioned for the Carpathian and Caucasus Mountains ( Ponchau et al. 2006 ). Notes Bombus gerstaeckeri is an oligolectic species and feeds on Aconitum spp. ( Pittioni 1937 , Amiet 1996 , Utelli and Roy 2000 ).