Bombus terrestris lusitanicus Krüger, 1956

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 : 48

Bombus terrestris lusitanicus Krüger, 1956

Common subspecies, distributed throughout the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, southern France and Madeira, with a wide elevational range, from 0 to 3000 m (Ornosa & Sanchez Ortiz, 2004).

At present it has been collected in the Pyrenees in a broad ecological range (even in windy conditions and low temperatures not exceeding 9 °C) in forest biotopes and borders in meadows with subalpine scrubland, screes, slopes runoff and supraforestal pastures, on Achilegia vulgaris L., Epilobium angustifolium L., Aconitum vulparia Reich. , Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.), Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johns., Campanula glomerata L., Carduus acanthoides L., Carlina acaulis L., Centaurea scabiosa L., Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. , Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop., Cirsium monspessulanum (L.) Hill, Digitalis purpurea L., Echium plantagineum (Nox.) , Echium vulgare L. , Epilobium angustifolium L., Eryngium bourgatii Gouan. , Phlomis lychnitis L., Gentiana alpina Vill. , Iris latifolia L., Lathyrus pratensis L., Linaria badali Willk. , Lotus corniculatus L., Medicago sativa L. , Marrubium vulgare L, Onobrichis vicifolia Scop., Origanum vulgare L., Prunella vulgaris L., Reseda lutea L., Rhododendron ferrugineum L., Rubus ulmifolius Schott , Sempervirum montanum L., Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Taraxacum officinale Wigg. , Trifolium pratense L. , Trifolium repens L. , Vaccinium myrtillus L. , Vicia cracca L. and Viola odorata L.

This bee is not regarded as being scarce or threatened ( Table 2 ), on the contrary its populations are increasing in the Pyrenees and in the Iberian Peninsula, and its altitude range is expanding, being at present the widest in the peninsula ( Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez 2004, Vargas et al. 2013).

New records. Andorra: Soldeu, 28-VII-2006, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME.

Spain: Girona: Bellver de Cerdanya , 25-VII-2009, 5 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Camprodón , ski resort, 23-VII-2009, 4 males, 8 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; La Molina, Alabaus , 9-VII-2015, 1 worker, F. Torres leg., UCME ; La Molina road, 25-VII-2009, 7 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; La Molina , ski resort, 25-VII-2009, 2 males, 14 workers ; 9-VII-2015, 1 male; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Nùria, Pic de l´ Àliga , 24-VII-2009, 6 males, 15 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Nùria, Bosc de la Verge , 24-VII-2009, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME . Setcases , 23-VII-2009, 5 males, 5 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME . Huesca: Baños de Benasque , 14-VII-2011, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Benasque , 15-VII-2011, 5 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Biescas, 10-VIII- 2014, 1 queen, 1 worker, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; Canfranc , 3-VII-2006, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Biescas , 9-VII-2009, 6 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Cerler , 13-VII-2011, 1 male, 1 queen, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Chía, Mirador, Valle de Benasque , 14-VII-2011, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Jaca, 11- VIII-2014, 3 workers, P. De la Rúa leg., UMU; Ordesa , pradera, 4-VII- 2 006, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Ordesa, Gradas de Soaso , 4-VII-2006, 2 males, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Ordesa, Laña Sarratieto , 10- VII-2013, 1 queen., F. Torres; UCME ; Panticosa , 5-VI-2006, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Panticosa , alto, 5- VI-2006, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Las Cutas track, 11-VII-2013, 1 queen, F. Torres leg., UCME ; Sahún pass, 14-VII-2011, 6 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Santa Olaria , 9-VII-2013, 5 males, 1 queen, 1 worker, F. Torres leg., UCME ; Selva de Oza , 2-V-2009, 1 queen ; 10-VII-2009, 8 workers; C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Tramacastilla de Tena , 9-VII-2009, 6 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Vallibierna , 15-VII-2011, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Zuriza , 5-VI-2006, 1 queen, 5 workers ; 10-VII-2009, 2 queens, 4 males; 11-VII-2009, 1 queen, 14 workers; C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Lleida: Aigüestortes , threshold, 26-VII-2006, 5 males, 10 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Baqueira-Ruda , 27-VII-2006, 12 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Espot , 25-VII-2006, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Estany Sant Maurici , 26-VII-2006, 6 workers ; 8-VII-2014, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ruda , track, 10-VII-2014, 1 worker, F. Torres, UCME . Son , 10-VII-2014, 1 male, Ornosa leg., UCME . Navarra: Abodi pass, 11-VII-2009, 4 males, 12 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Burguete : 11-VII-2009, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME ; Sierra de Irati , 11-VII-2009, 2 males, 6 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME .