Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024). Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. , 10(1), 51-58. doi: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
Rifat Hussain Raina; Keshav Kumar; Aejaz Hussain Parrey; Indu Sharma; Virendra Prasad Uniyal; Malkiat Singh Saini. "Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India". , 10, 1, 2024, 51-58. doi: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024). 'Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India', , 10(1), pp. 51-58. doi: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. , 2024; 10(1): 51-58. doi: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51

Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Article 5, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 51-58    PDF (2.33 M)
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
Authors
Rifat Hussain Raina* 1; Keshav Kumar1; Aejaz Hussain Parrey2; Indu Sharma1; Virendra Prasad Uniyal3; Malkiat Singh Saini4
1Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India- Jodhpur, 342006, India
2Department of Zoology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BGSB University, Rajouri, J&K, 185234, India
3Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India
4Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India
Abstract
This paper reports a new addition to the national bumblebee fauna of the Indian Himalayas. The newly recorded species viz., Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) is fully described from the Gurez Valley (Jammu and Kashmir) and Panamik (Ladakh) in the Western Himalayan range. Males of the B. cryptarum have thoracic dorsum and T2 lemon yellow without black hairs. Gonostylus with the anterior apical process with long hairs and penis valve greatly broadened and flared outwards. With the addition of a new record, the Indian Himalayan region is now represented by 57 species of bumblebees. The species diagnosis, current distributional range, and host plants of this species are also provided.
Keywords
Conservation; fauna; highlands; Himalayas; Pollination
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