A. N. Kupianskaya, M. Yu. Proshchalykin and A. S. Lelej

Contribution to the fauna of bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Bombus Latreille, 1802) of the Republic of Khakassia, Eastern Siberia.

Number: 261, Pages: 1 - 12

An annotated list of nineteen species of bumble bees collected in the Republic of Khakassia in 2012 is given. The list accounts 32 species including one doubtful species. Eleven species: Bombus barbutellus (Kirby), B. confusus Schenck, B. filchnerae Vogt, B. hortorum (Linnaeus), B. patagiatus Nylander, B. pseudobaicalensis Vogt, B. ruderarius (Müller), B. sibiricus (Fabricius), B. subterraneus (Linnaeus), B. sylvarum (Linnaeus) and B. veteranus (Fabricius) are newly recorded from Khakassia. Patterns of bumble bees diversity in the Khakassia and Siberia are discussed.

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