First records of the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Bombus impatiens Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae, Bombini) from the Prairies Ecozone in Canada
| Autor: | Kirsten M. Palmier, Cory S. Sheffield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Insecta pollination Kulbastavia Biodiversity & Conservation Carbotriplurida 01 natural sciences Invasive species Bombini Pollinator Bilateria Single Taxon Treatment lcsh:QH301-705.5 COSEWIC Pterygota pathogen s Ecology biology Apidae Cenozoic conservation Cephalornis Apinae non-native species Melecta luctuosa Circumscriptional names species at risk Boltonocostidae Tiphiinae Geography Circumscriptional name Ecozone Exebotrigona Apoidea Coelenterata Arthropoda Pseudaugochlora Hymenopterida Nephrozoa Protostomia Basal Circumscriptional names of the taxon under 010603 evolutionary biology Bombus impatiens Animalia Eumetabola Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Prairies Strashila incredibilis biology.organism_classification Hymenoptera Bombus 010602 entomology lcsh:Biology (General) Notchia Ecdysozoa Americas Impatiens pathogen spillover |
| Zdroj: | Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 1-18 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1314-2828 1314-2836 |
| Popis: | In Canada, the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (BombusimpatiensCresson) is native to southern Ontario and Quebec, but since being developed as a managed commercial pollinator, it has been exported to several other provinces for use in greenhouse and field crop settings. This has enabled this species to become established outside its natural range and it is now established in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) and British Columbia. To date, the species has not been detected via field capture in the prairie provinces.Here we report on recent captures ofB.impatiensworkers and males from south-eastern Alberta and suggest that these specimens escaped from nearby commercial greenhouses. The risk that the presence and looming establishment of this species has on native bumble bees in the Canadian prairies is discussed. |
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