Phylogeography and ecology of bumble bees on Kolguev Island, a remote European Arctic landmass

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Potapov,Grigory, Kolosova,Yulia, Kondakov,Alexander, Tomilova,Alena A., Filippov,Boris, Zubriy,Natalia, Spitsyn,Vitaliy, Spitsyna,Elizaveta, Vlasova,Alisa, Gofarov,Mikhail, Bovykina,Galina, Bolotov,Ivan N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: Bumble bees; High Arctic; island biogeography Pleistocene glaciations; mitochondrial DNA; Arctic; Arctic Island; Barents Sea; Kolguev
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1122.82993; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/82993/

The bumble bee fauna of the Russian Arctic is rather poorly known. Kolguev Island, a remote insular territory in the Barents Sea, is one of the deficiently studied areas. In this study, material on Kolguev’s bumble bees is re-examined, phylogeographic data analysed, putative scenarios explaining the...