Abstract
The fauna and ecology of bumblebees in the European North are quite well-studied. However, there is a scarcity of information about the distribution and ecology of certain species of bumblebees, especially for the territory of Northern Russia. In this study, we summarised materials concerning Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus (Kirby, 1802), which is typical bumblebee species for the north-western portion of the Russian Plain and surrounding areas. The studied territory includes the Arkhangelsk Region and the western part of the Nenets Autonomous District, i.e. a wide strip from taiga to tundra ecosystems. Due to the studies of materials that were collected over a period 17 years, we established thatB. jonellusis widely distributed and the northern border of its range within the studied region reaches the northern part of the Kanin Peninsula. In the north-western Russian Plain,B. jonellushas been found in various types of habitats, the most common being coniferous and birch forests, secondary meadows and ruderal patches. In the Solovetsky Islands, White Sea, Russia,B. jonellusis typical on coastal heathlands. In the northern part of the studied region,B. jonellushas a tendency to forage in open habitats and visits a wide range of entomophilous plants, mostly of the family Ericaceae. Our findings highlight that the territory of the north-western Russian Plain and surrounding areas is whereB. jonellusis widely distributed and abundant, being recorded in different types of habitats.
Highlights
Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus (Kirby, 1802) is widely distributed in the northern latitudes from Iceland through Northern Europe, European part of Russia and Asian part of Russia, to Alaska and Western Canada (Løken 1973, Proshchalykin and Kupianskaya 2005, Williams et al 2014, Levchenko and Tomkovich 2014, Kratochwil 2016, Rasmont and Iserbyt 2019)
B. jonellus is recorded from more northern localities in the eastern part of the European North of Russia, i.e. the Kolguev Island (68°47’N) (Kolosova and Potapov 2011) and the Yugorsky Peninsula (69°44’N) (Potapov et al 2017)
Due to the large territory of this research, we have established that this species tends to change habitat preference from the south to the north of the studied region
Summary
Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus (Kirby, 1802) is widely distributed in the northern latitudes from Iceland through Northern Europe, European part of Russia and Asian part of Russia, to Alaska and Western Canada (Løken 1973, Proshchalykin and Kupianskaya 2005, Williams et al 2014, Levchenko and Tomkovich 2014, Kratochwil 2016, Rasmont and Iserbyt 2019). The species is abundant in the European North of Russia, and there are plenty of data from the western part of this region, i.e., the Murmansk Region and Karelia Republic (Pekkarinen et al 1981, Söderman and Leinonen 2003). The central and eastern parts of the European North of Russia are less well studied, but there are some published literature from the Nenets Autonomous District and the Komi Republic (Kolosova and Potapov 2011, Filippov 2014, Potapov et al 2017, Rasmont and Iserbyt 2019). The names of the collecting localities from the Arkhangelsk Region are given in the checklist of bumblebees of this region (Potapov and Kolosova 2016)
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