Bombus lucorum subsp. lucorum Linnaeus 1761

• Main Authors: Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix, Rúa, Pilar De La
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae; Bombus; Bombus lucorum; Bombus lucorum lucorum (linnaeus; 1761); Schott; Molina; Acosta; Silene acaulis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611300; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/616887B9FF9BFFBCFF3CFE69FDF5F877

Bombus lucorum lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) Orophilous subspecies that occurs at the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula, between 600 and 2500 m altitude and, at present, it has been collected in Pyrenean temperate oceanic forest pastures and peatlands, between 1100 m and 2550 m height (Fig. 7), on Achilegia vulgaris L., Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.), Asphodellus albus L., Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johns., Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull., Campanula glomerata L., Carduus acanthoides L., Centaurea scabiosa L., Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop., Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Cirsium monspessulanum (L.) Hill, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Cynoglossum officinale L, Digitalis purpurea L., Echium plantagineum (Nox.), Echium vulgare L., Epilobium angustifolium L., Eryngium bourgatii Gouan., Gentiana alpina Vill., Gentiana lutea L., Iris latifolia L., Lathyrus pratensis L., Lonicera pyrenaica L., Lotus corniculatus L., Medicago sativa L., Melilotus officinalis L., Onobrichis vicifolia Scop., Phlomis lychnitis L., Prunella vulgaris L., Ranunculus pyrenaeus L., Rhododendron ferrugineum L., Rubus ulmifolius Schott, Sempervirum montanum L., Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Trifolium pratense L., Trifolium repens L., Vaccinium myrtillus L. and Viola odorata L. This bumblebee is not considered scarce or threatened, its populations seem to be stable or increasing (Table 2), although it exhibits a higher orophilous tendency in the Pyrenees (Fig. 7). New records. Andorra: Soldeu, 28-VII-2006, 1 male, C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Spain: Girona: Camprodón, ski resort, 23-VII-2009, 2 males, 4 workers; 8-VII-2015, 1 worker; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; La Molina, ski resort, 9-VII-2015, 1 queen, 3 males, 4 workers, F. Torres leg., UCME; La Molina, Alabaus, 9-VII-2015, 1 male, 15 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Nùria, Pic de l´ Àliga, 24-VII-2009, 2 queens, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Nùria Bosc de la Verge, 10-VII-2015, 8 queens., F. Torres leg., UCME; Huesca: Biescas, 10-VIII-2014, 1 male, E. Acosta leg., UMU; Canfranc, railway station, 3-VII-2006, 6 ...