Research Article

Diversity and Trophic Relationships of Functional Groups of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombus Latreille, 1802) in Urban Habitats

Table 2

Species composition and distribution of bumblebees in habitat types of Kyiv.

SpeciesPercentage of individuals (%)Tongue lengthType of habitat
All individualsFemales and males (without workers)

1B. argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)0.50.19Long1–3
2B. bohemicus (Seidl, 1837)0.710.71Short (kleptoparasite)1–4
3B. campestris (Panzer, 1801)0.290.29Short (kleptoparasite)1–3
4B. hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)1.80.42Long1–4
5B. humilis (Illiger, 1806)10.28Medium2
6B. hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)5.60.8Short1, 2, 4, 5
7B. lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)27.61.4Short1–6
8B. lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)46.153.4Short1–6
9B. terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)2.3Short1–6
10B. muscorum Linnaeus, 17580.10.1Long3
11B. pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)8.221.4Medium1–5
12B. pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)0.50.19Short1, 2
13B. ruderarius (Müller, 1776)3.540.56Medium1–3
14B. rupestris (Fabricius, 1793)0.290.29Short (kleptoparasite)1-2, 4
15B. soroeensis (Fabricius, 1777)1.290.37Short1–4
16B. subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)0.610.19Long1–4
17B. sylvestris (Lepeletier, 1832)0.500.19Short (kleptoparasite)1, 2
18B. sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)0.800.71Medium1, 3, 4
19B. vestalis (Geoffroy, 1785)0.360.36Short (kleptoparasite)1–4
20B. veteranus (Fabricius, 1793)0.140.14Medium1, 2

Sample size: 2141 individuals. Type of habitat: 1—least-disturbed areas within the city; 2—urban parks; 3—botanical garden; 4—Dnipro River islands; 5—residential areas; and 6—roadsides.