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Bumblebees of the Azores (Apidae: Bombus) |
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| Authors: | Oliver E Pr?s-Jones Paul H Williams James C Carolan |
| Institution: | 1. Independent Researcher, Denbigh, UK;2. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK;3. Department of Biology, University of Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland |
| Abstract: | Bombus terrestris and Bombus pratorum were found for the first time in the Azores in 2005. Until then Bombus ruderatus was the only bumblebee species known from this group of nine mid-Atlantic islands. The identity of B. terrestris was confirmed by DNA barcoding. |
| Keywords: | Azores anthropogenic effects bumblebees distribution colonization |