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Rangeedit
The nominate form lives in the Cantabrian Mountains, in the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, in the Giant Mountains and in the Carpathian Mountains, less often in the Central European Central Mountains. The subspecies Bombus mesomelas alboluteus VOGT, 1909 is disjointly distributed with a western population in the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula and an eastern one in the East Anatolian highlands, the Caucasus up to the Elburs. Lost in Germany, proven from Thuringia, Saxony and Bavaria (last find 1956). In Austria, with the exception of Burgenland, reported from all federal states. In Switzerland in the entire Alpine region and the Jura, historically also from the northern Alpine foothills.[4][5]
Habitatedit
The species is found on sunny mountain slopes.[4] It favours dry and warm locations in the middle and high mountains. From the montane to the alpine altitude, in Central Europe already from 600 m.[4]
Ecologyedit
The species is univoltine. The overwintered females appear around the end of May, young females and males from the end of August.[4]Bombus mesomelas is a polylectic species. It nests mainly underground in abandoned mouse kettles, then nest-maker, but seldom also in the herb layer, then nest-builder. The species is a Pocketmaker.[4] The colonies comprise 50 to 120 individuals.[5]
Etymologyedit
From the Greek "meso" = "middle "and "mela " = "black"; because of the transverse band of black hair between the wings.[4]
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bombus, mesomelas, also, called, black, backed, bumblebee, species, bumblebees, mercantour, alpes, maritimes, provence, alpes, côte, azur, francescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, hymenopterafamil. Bombus mesomelas also called black backed bumblebee is a species of bumblebees 1 2 3 Bombus mesomelasMercantour Alpes Maritimes Provence Alpes Cote d Azur FranceScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily ApidaeGenus BombusSpecies B mesomelasBinomial nameBombus mesomelasGerstaecker 1869 Contents 1 Description 2 Range 3 Habitat 4 Ecology 5 Etymology 6 Taxonomy 7 ReferencesDescription editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it March 2023 Range editThe nominate form lives in the Cantabrian Mountains in the Pyrenees the Alps the Apennines in the Giant Mountains and in the Carpathian Mountains less often in the Central European Central Mountains The subspecies Bombus mesomelas alboluteus VOGT 1909 is disjointly distributed with a western population in the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula and an eastern one in the East Anatolian highlands the Caucasus up to the Elburs Lost in Germany proven from Thuringia Saxony and Bavaria last find 1956 In Austria with the exception of Burgenland reported from all federal states In Switzerland in the entire Alpine region and the Jura historically also from the northern Alpine foothills 4 5 Habitat editThe species is found on sunny mountain slopes 4 It favours dry and warm locations in the middle and high mountains From the montane to the alpine altitude in Central Europe already from 600 m 4 Ecology editThe species is univoltine The overwintered females appear around the end of May young females and males from the end of August 4 Bombus mesomelas is a polylectic species It nests mainly underground in abandoned mouse kettles then nest maker but seldom also in the herb layer then nest builder The species is a Pocketmaker 4 The colonies comprise 50 to 120 individuals 5 Etymology editFrom the Greek meso middle and mela black because of the transverse band of black hair between the wings 4 Taxonomy editSubgenus Thoracobombus DALLA TORRE 1880 5 In Central Europe in the subspecies Bombus mesomelas mesomelas GERSTAECKER 1869 occurs 5 Synonyms Megabombus mesomelas GERSTAECKER 1869 Bombus elegans mesomelas GERSTAECKER 1869 Bombus pomorum var mesomelas GERSTAECKER 1869 5 References edit Black backed Bumble Bee Bombus mesomelas iNaturalist Retrieved 2021 12 16 Bombus mesomelas Gerstacker 1869 www gbif org GBIF Retrieved 2021 12 17 ITIS Report Bombus mesomelas itis gov Retrieved 2021 12 17 a b c d e f Westrich Paul 1947 2019 Die Wildbienen Deutschlands ISBN 978 3 8186 0881 1 OCLC 1190164412 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b c d e Erwin Scheuchl 2016 Taschenlexikon der Wildbienen Mitteleuropas alle Arten im Portrat ISBN 978 3 494 01653 5 OCLC 1041414212 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bombus mesomelas amp oldid 1151479663, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
