Distributional Pattern and Food Plants of Western Himalayan Bumble Bees from Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

• DOI: 10.55446/ije.2023.1448
• Publication Date: 2023-11-20T06:08:31Z
• Authors: Rifat H. Raina; Trilok Jangid; Preeti Choudhary; Indu Sharma
• Keywords: Subgenus

The present work incorporates new distributional records of the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) Western Himalaya covering some major habitats/localities. A total nine species were collected viz. B. albopleuralis, asiaticus, festivus, jacobsoni, keriensis, melanurus, rufofasciatus, simillimus and tunicatus distributed over five subgenera with elevation ranging 2500-3500 masl. Out was already recorded study area (Gupta, 1997). remaining eight documented for first time; observed to be most prominent respect number males. identified comprised individuals worker male castes. In addition, food plants these bees also time.