Moss bumblebee [1] ( lat. Bombus muscorum ) - a species of bumblebees .
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| Bombus muscorum Fabricius , 1775 |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Distribution
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Description
Females have a length of 18-22 mm, workers - 10-15 mm and males - 12-15 mm. It is similar in color to Schrenk's bumblebee , but the back and tergites of the abdomen are in one-colored reddish or buffy hairs, without the admixture of black ones.
Distribution
Widely distributed in the Palaearctic, but is rare in all parts of the range. Europe , the Urals and Siberia , except for the polar regions, Western Asia , the Caucasus , Kazakhstan , the Tien Shan , Mongolia , northern China, the Amur Region, Primorsky Territory.
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 305. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
Literature
- Panfilov D.V. Maps 186-188. Bombus hyphorum (Linnaeus, 1758), B. muscorum (Fabricius, 1775), B. balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 // Insect ranges of the European part of the USSR. Maps 179-221. L .: Nauka, 1984. Pp. 28-30.