User:Dicynodont/drafts/Bombus pyrrhopygus

Dicynodont/drafts/Bombus pyrrhopygus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Alpinobombus
Species:
B. pyrrhopygus
Binomial name
Bombus pyrrhopygus
(Friese, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Bombus diabolicus (Friese, 1911)
  • Bombus alpiniformis (Richards, 1931)[1]
Bombus pyrrhopygus holotype, labeled Bombus arcticus var. alpiniformis
Male Arctic bumblebee amongst Astralagus sp. (Norwegian: mjelt)
Bombus pyrrhopygus (shown starting at 0:15 secs)

Bombus pyrrhopygus, the Arctic bumblebee (Finnish: tunturikimalainen, Swedish: polarhumla[1], Norwegian: polarhumle), is a bumblebee in subgenus Alpinobombus. It is native to the Old World above the Arctic Circle. In 2019, B. pyrrhopygus was listed as Near Threatened on Finland's Red List.[2]

Distribution

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The species occurs in northeastern Europe above the Arctic circe. It is known from Norway, western and northern Sweden, alpine meadows and heaths in the Lapland fells of Finland,[2] and far northwestern Russia, including Murmansk Oblast, Kolguev Island, and Novaya Zemlya.

Studies into bumblebee fauna on various Siberian islands have helped reveal B. pyrrhopygus's distribution and environmental tolerances. For example, on Kolguev Island, where rodents such as lemmings are scarce and dig few burrows for bumblebees to use as nesting sites, B. pyrrhopygus nonetheless co-occurs with four other bumblebee species.[3]

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Ecology

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b FinBIF.
  2. ^ a b 2019 Red List of Finnish Species.
  3. ^ Potapov et al. 2022.

References

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  • "Arctic bumblebee – Bombus pyrrhopygus". Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF). Retrieved August 5, 2024.
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