Armeniacushummel
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| Radoszkowski , 1877 |
The Armeniacushummel ( Bombus armeniacus ) is a rare species of bumblebee ( Bombus ) about which little is known.
Habitat and Distribution
The distribution area of the Armeniacushummel extends from Central Europe (Lower Austria), Eastern Europe, Turkey to Eastern Asia. It lives in open land areas and in steppes. A colony comprises around 60 to 120 animals. This bumblebee lives polylectically, i. H. the flowers of many plant families are flown to. She is one of the pocket makers .
The active flying season is from late May to early September.
Mark
The Armeniacus bumblebee queens have a body length of 21 to 32 mm, in exceptional cases also 35 mm and are among the largest bumblebees. The top of the body is golden-yellow with a black, hairless band on the middle of the thorax, the underside is mostly black. If you ignore the size difference, the Armeniacushummel resembles the Deichhummel and the Dufthummel . It has a long trunk.
Danger
The Armeniacushummel is in the Red Book of Russia and Ukraine.
literature
- Eberhard von Hagen: Bumblebees: determine, settle, multiply, protect . Natur-Verl., Augsburg 1990. ISBN 3-89440-546-5
