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
).