This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix, Rúa, Pilar De La (2017): Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status. Zootaxa 4237 (1): 41-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3

Abstract

The Pyrenees, where Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean and alpine faunas join together, have a large biodiversity of bumblebees. We compiled historical literature records of bumblebee species from the Spanish Pyrenees, and then compared these to contemporary surveys to assess trends in elevational distribution. Twenty-eight species (including thirty-five subspecies) were found in the contemporary survey. Nine species and two subspecies previously present were not detected, some included on the Spanish Red List. With the exception of a few species, a reduction of the altitudinal range and an orophilous tendency was observed at both upper and lower elevational levels, suggesting an upward trend towards betterpreserved high areas. Our results reinforce the need to develop new protection programs and more restrictive conservation measures for bumblebee populations, species and their habitats.

Key words: Biodiversity, Bombus, decline, habitat loss, pollinators, Spain

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a084a6c4-252b-4a5d-9dd4-af6c3515d7a7
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/9D51FFC1FF9DFFBAFFABFFDDFF8EFFE5
Citation: Ornosa C, Torres F, Rúa P D L, plazi (2017). Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.