Bombus wurflenii pyrenaicus Vogt, 1909

Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix & Rúa, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, Zootaxa 4237 (1), pp. 41-77 : 45-46

Bombus wurflenii pyrenaicus Vogt, 1909

The Iberian subspecies occurs in alpine pastures from the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Range between 1100 and 2000 meters high ( Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004, Herrera et al. 2014); currently it has been collected between 1650 and 2050 meters height ( Fig. 7 ), in temperate forest, upperforest and alpine grasslands and shrublands, open areas in coniferous forests of Pinus uncinata Ram , with Abies alba Mill and scattered patches of subalpine shrub of Juniperus comunis nana Willd. , Rhododendron ferrugineum L., and Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull., foraging on Aconitum vulparia Reich. , Centaurea scabiosa L., Echium vulgare L. , Eryngium bourgatii Gouan. , Lathyrus occidentalis (Fisch and C. A. Mey.) , Lotus corniculatus L., Onobrichis vicifolia Scop., Phlomis lychnitis L. and Trifolium repens L.

It is not a common species although it has been recently observed at the Cantabrian Range ( Herrera et al. 2014) and previously in some places from the foothills of the Picos de Europa (León; Pto. de la Magdalena, 16–21-June- 2008, 1 queen; Pto. de las Señales, 16–21- VI-2008, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME) and the Pyrenees.

This bee exhibits a greater orophilous tendency ( Fig. 7 ), it is scarce and likely threatened ( Table 2 ).

New records. Spain: Girona: Nùria, 10- VII-2015, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Nùria , Bosc de la Verge, 24- VII-2009, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; La Molina, Roc Blanco , 25- VII-2009, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Huesca: Ordesa, Gradas de Soaso, 4 - VII-2006, 1 worker; 10- VII-2013, 1 queen; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; 8- VIII-2014, 2 queens, E. Acosta leg., UMU. Lleida: Baños de Tredós, 10- VII-2014, 1 queen; C. Ornosa leg., UCME.

*Thirteen B. mucidus mollis individuals were sampled between 1970–1998 and 41 before 1950.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Distribution (in meters) range of the bumblebee species and subspecies observed in contemporary samplings (grey rectangles) in the Pyrenees compared with the known altitude distribution (black bars) from historical data.

Tables

TABLE 2. Bumblebee species and subspecies collected in the Pyrenees and IUCN category ranks (from Spain: Verdú & Galante (2006), Verdú et al. (2011) and from Europe: Rasmont et al. (2015): Not Evaluated, NE; Endangered, EN; Vulnerable, VU; Data Deficient, DD; Least Concern, LC) of the extant bumblebee species and subspecies in the Pyrenees. The number of individuals sampled between 2006 and 2015 is indicated. In rare species and those with relevant records, the number of individuals known from historical literature or collections is included in brackets.

Species or subspecies	N° of collected individuals in the Pyrenees (2006–2015)	IUCN Category Spain	Europe	Conservation Measures
B. bohemicus	29	NE	LC
B. cullumanus cullumanus	1 (6)	VU	VU	Required
B. flavidus lutescens	2 (11)	EN	NE	Required
B. humilis paraurantiacus	5 (8)	NE	NE
B. humilis quasimuscorum	107	NE	LC
B. hortorum hortorum	55	NE	LC
B. hypnorum	14 (21)	NE	LC	Required
B. jonellus yarrowianus	7 (14)	NE	LC	Required
B. lapidarius decipiens	57	VU (Andalusia 2008)	LC
B. lapidarius lapidarius	67	NE	LC
B. lucorum lucorum	225	NE	LC
B. mendax latofasciatus	1 (69)	EN	NT	Required
B. mesomelas	82	NE	LC
B. mocsary	17	NE	EN	Required
B. monticola rondoui	67	NE	NE
B. mucidus mollis	5 (13*)	NE	LC	Required
B. muscorum	11 (37)	NE	LC
B. pascuorum freygessneri	22	NE	LC
B. pascuorum maculatus	68	NE	NE
B. pratorum santonae	27	NT (Andalusia 2008)	NE	Required
B. pyrenaeus	36 (20)	DD	LC	Required
B. quadricolor	4 (28)	NE	LC	Required
B. ruderarius montanus	108	NE	NE
B. ruderarius ruderarius	67	NE	LC
B. rupestris rupestris	4 (4)	NE	LC	Required
B. rupestris vasco	3 (55)	NE	NE	Required
B. sichelii flavissimus	35	LC	LC	Required
B. soroeensis lectitatus	34	NE	NE
B. soroeensis soroeensis	140	NE	LC
B. sylvarum f. nigrescens	1 (3)	NE
B. sylvarum sylvarum	5 (74)	NE	LC	Required
B. sylvestris	8 (34)	NT (Andalusia 2008)	LC	Required
B. terrestris lusitanicus	298	NE	NE
B. terrestris terrestris	5	NE	LC
B. vestalis obenbergeri	2 (19)	LC (Andalusia 2008)	NE
B. wurflenii pyrenaicus	7 (30)	NE	LC	Required