Research Article

The Bumble Bees of Ukraine: Species Distribution and Floral Preferences

Table 1

Bumble bees of Ukraine and their distribution among geographical zones.

SpeciesDistribution
Mixed-forest zoneForest-steppe zoneSteppe zoneRestricted to

B. (Bi.) confusus Schenck, 1859
B. (Kl.) soroeensis (Fabricius, 1777)
B. (St.) distinguendus Morawitz, 1869
B. (St.) fragrans (Pallas, 1771)
B. (St.) subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
B. (Mg.) argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)
B. (Mg.) gerstaeckeri Morawitz, 1881The Ukrainian Carpathians
B. (Mg.) hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
B. (Mg.) ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775)
B. (Th.) armeniacus Radoszkowski, 1877
B. (Th.) mesomelas Gerstaecker, 1869
B. (Th.) pomorum (Panzer, 1805)
B. (Th.) laesus Morawitz, 1875
B. (Th.) humilis Illiger, 1806
B. (Th.) muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
B. (Th.) pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
B. (Th.) ruderarius (Müller,1776)
B. (Th.) schrencki Morawitz, 1881
B. (Th.) sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)
B. (Th.) veteranus (Fabricius, 1793)
B. (Th.) zonatus Smith, 1854
B. (Ps.) barbutellus (Kirby, 1802)
B. (Ps.) bohemicus Seidl, 1837?
B. (Ps.) campestris (Panzer, 1801)
B. (Ps.) maxillosus Klug in Germar, 1917
B. (Ps.) norvegicus (Sparre-Schneider, 1918)
B. (Ps.) quadricolor (Lepeletier, 1832)?The Ukrainian Carpathians
B. (Ps.) rupestris (Fabricius,1793)
B. (Ps.) sylvestris (Lepeletier, 1832)
B. (Ps.) vestalis (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
B. (Pr.) haematurus Kriechbaumer, 1870The Crimean Peninsula
B. (Pr.) hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
B. (Pr.) jonellus (Kirby, 1802)
B. (Pr.) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
B. (Pr.) pyrenaeus Pérez, 1880The Ukrainian Carpathians
B. (Bo.) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
B. (Bo.) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
B. (Ag.) wurflenii Radoszkowski, 1859The Ukrainian Carpathians
B. (Ml.) lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
B. (Cu.) cullumanus (Kirby, 1802)
B. (Cu.) semenoviellus Skorikov, 1910

In total: 41263222

●: availability of species;
?: probability of occurrence.