First record of Bombus (Alpigenobombus) wurflenii Radoszkowski, 1860 in the Kola Peninsula, NW Russia

In this paper we present the first record of Bombus wurflenii from northern Russia. This species was found in the southwestern part of the Kola Peninsula, near the town of Kandalaksha in 2016. The nearest confirmed record of the species is in northern Sweden. In Russia, B. wurflenii was known earlie...

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Published in:Fauna norvegica
Main Authors: Potapov, Grigory Sergeevich, Kolosova, Yulia Sergeevna, Vlasova, Alisa Andreevna
Other Authors: RFBR (project no. 16-34-60035 mol_а_dk)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU University Museum 2018
Subjects:
Kola Peninsula; Insecta; Hymenoptera
Kola Peninsula
Kandalaksha
kola peninsula
Northern Sweden
Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/fauna_norvegica/article/view/2341
https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v38i0.2341
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Summary:In this paper we present the first record of Bombus wurflenii from northern Russia. This species was found in the southwestern part of the Kola Peninsula, near the town of Kandalaksha in 2016. The nearest confirmed record of the species is in northern Sweden. In Russia, B. wurflenii was known earlier but only from southern Ural. The status of the population of B. wurflenii in the Kola Peninsula is unknown and needs further research.

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