Fauna Norvegica (Jan 2018)

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

  • Grigory Sergeevich Potapov,
  • Yulia Sergeevna Kolosova,
  • Alisa Andreevna Vlasova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v38i0.2341
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38

Abstract

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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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