Bombus pascuorum subsp. maculatus Vogt 1909

Bombus pascuorum maculatus Vogt, 1909 This is a mountain subspecies, spread from the Pyrenees until the Cantabrian Range, between 600 and 2300 m high. Hybrid forms have been observed in the Iberian System, Sierra de B��jar and Sierra de Guadarrama (Ornosa & Ortiz-S��nchez 2004). Castro (1994) considered it a hybrid form of B. pascuorum freygessneri and B. pascuorum dusmeti. At present it has been collected in temperate oceanic Pyrenean forests and supraforestal pastures between 960 and 1992 m (Fig. 7), on Antirrhinum majus L., Buxus sempervirens L. Centaurea scabiosa L., Echium plantagineum (Nox.), Echium vulgare L., Eryngium bourgatii Gouan., Lotus corniculatus L., Medicago sativa L., Origanum vulgare L., Prunella vulgaris L., Reseda lutea L., Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Salvia pratensis L., Taraxacum officinale Wigg., Trifolium pratense L., Trifolium repens L. y Vicia cracca L. According to the current data, this species is not regarded as being scarce or threatened (Table 2). New records. Spain: Girona: Bellver de Cerdanya, 25-VII-2009, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; La Molina road, 25-VII-2009, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; La Molina, ski resort, 25-VII-2009, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ribes de Freser, VI-2009, 1 worker, P. Vargas leg.; 24-VII-2009, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME. Huesca: Benasque, 15-VII-2011, 7 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Biescas, 10-VIII-2014, 1 male, 1 worker, P. Acosta leg., UMU; Canfranc, 3-VII-2006, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ch��a, Mirador, Valle de Benasque, 14-VII-2011, 3 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Formigal, ski resort, 9-VII-2009, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Formigal, 9-VII-2009, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ordesa, Circo de Soaso, 8-VIII-2014, 1 worker, P. Acosta leg., UMU; Panticosa, 5-VI-2006, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Pe��a Oroel, 2-V-2009, 1 queen, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; San Nicol��s de Bujaruelo, 9-VIII-2014, 1 worker, P. De la R��a leg., UMU; Selva de Oza, 10-VII-2009, 2 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Tramacastilla de Tena, 9-VII-2009, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Vallibierna, 15-VII-2011, 7 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Zuriza, 10-VII-2 009, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Zuriza track, 12-VIII-2014, 1 male, 1 worker, E. Acosta leg., UMU. Lleida: Artiga de Lin, 15-VIII-2 012, 2 males, 2 workers, P. De la R��a leg. UMU; Castellvell de Solsona, 11-VIII-2012, 2 workers, P. De la R��a leg.; UMU Grasslands between Estany Ratera and Estany Sant Maurici, 26-VII-2006, 4 workers, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Ruda track, 10- VII-2014, 1 worker, C. Ornosa leg., UCME; Viella, 13-VIII-2012, 3 workers, P. De la R��a leg., UMU.
Published as part of Ornosa, Concepci��n, Torres, F��lix & R��a, Pilar De La, 2017, Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status, pp. 41-77 in Zootaxa 4237 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/322688
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