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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Bombus muscorum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
This bumblebee species has a Eurosiberian distribution. Due to a significant reduction of its distribution range, it is considered as Vulnerable in the IUCN European Red List (Rasmont
et al.
2015).
In the Iberian Peninsula it can be found in the northern half and at isolated areas in more southern points. Elevational distribution ranges between 410 and
1800 m
(
Castro 1994
,
Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004
).
At present it has been sampled in the Pyrenees foraging in forest pastures and open areas with scrub between
1280 and
1660
m (
Fig. 7
), on
Centaurea scabiosa
L.,
Digitalis purpurea
L.,
Echium vulgare
L.
,
Eryngium bourgatii
Gouan
,
Lotus corniculatus
L.,
Prunella vulgaris
L.,
Silene acaulis
(L.) Jacq.
Trifolium pratense
L.
, and
Trifolium repens
L.
It is clearly a declining species in the Pyrenees (
Table 2
), as well as the entire Iberian Peninsula, where it needs special attention and assessment and very likely, protection. According to the current data, this species exhibits greater orophilous tendency (
Fig. 7
).
New
records.
Spain
:
Huesca
:
Chía
,
Mirador
,
Valle de Benasque
,
14-VII-2011
,
7 workers
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
Ordesa
,
Gradas de Soaso
,
10-VII-2013
,
1 queen
;
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
;
San Nicolás de Bujaruelo
,
9- VIII-2014
,
1 worker
,
P. De la Rúa
leg., UMU; Zuriza,
10-VII-2009
,
2 workers
,
C. Ornosa
leg.,
UCME
.