A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Several bumble bee species (Bombus Latreille) are declining and efforts to conserve populations will be strengthened by an improved knowledge of their geographic distribution. Knowledge gaps exist, however, especially in central portions of North America. Here we report 29 species of bumble bees fro...
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| author | Abigail P. Martens Paul J. Johnson Eric A. Beckendorf Louis S. Hesler Jesse D. Daniels Karl A. Roeder |
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| description | Several bumble bee species (Bombus Latreille) are declining and efforts to conserve populations will be strengthened by an improved knowledge of their geographic distribution. Knowledge gaps exist, however, especially in central portions of North America. Here we report 29 species of bumble bees from South Dakota in the north-central USA, based on 130 years of records from 1891 to 2021. Specimens or observations were available for >90% of the 66 counties, though they were not distributed evenly as most records came from Pennington, Lawrence, Custer, Brookings, and Day Counties. The five most commonly collected or reported bumble bee species were B. griseocollis (54 counties), B. pensylvanicus (41 counties), B. fervidus (39 counties), B. huntii (27 counties), and B. bimaculatus (25 counties). Twenty species were recorded from 10 or fewer counties. Despite differences in occurrence, 66% of the Bombus species in South Dakota were collected or observed since 2020, including six of the nine species of conservation concern (B. fraternus, B. pensylvanicus, B. fervidus, B. occidentalis, B. terricola, and B. morrisoni). However, the critically endangered B. affinis, B. variabilis, and B. suckleyi have not been collected or observed for over 50 years. While this checklist is the first for South Dakota bumble bees in nearly 100 years, data are still lacking as ~55% of counties had fewer than five species reported. We suggest future efforts should focus on these under-sampled areas to fill in baseline knowledge of the wild bee fauna towards completing a more holistic view of bumble bee distributions across the Great Plains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd381b20e8d1489ca417ecf8e32fdd862022-12-22T09:54:06ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Hymenoptera Research1314-26072022-12-019427128610.3897/jhr.94.9458494584A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae)Abigail P. Martens0Paul J. Johnson1Eric A. Beckendorf2Louis S. Hesler3Jesse D. Daniels4Karl A. Roeder5South Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversityUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research LaboratoryUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research LaboratoryUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research LaboratoryUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research LaboratorySeveral bumble bee species (Bombus Latreille) are declining and efforts to conserve populations will be strengthened by an improved knowledge of their geographic distribution. Knowledge gaps exist, however, especially in central portions of North America. Here we report 29 species of bumble bees from South Dakota in the north-central USA, based on 130 years of records from 1891 to 2021. Specimens or observations were available for >90% of the 66 counties, though they were not distributed evenly as most records came from Pennington, Lawrence, Custer, Brookings, and Day Counties. The five most commonly collected or reported bumble bee species were B. griseocollis (54 counties), B. pensylvanicus (41 counties), B. fervidus (39 counties), B. huntii (27 counties), and B. bimaculatus (25 counties). Twenty species were recorded from 10 or fewer counties. Despite differences in occurrence, 66% of the Bombus species in South Dakota were collected or observed since 2020, including six of the nine species of conservation concern (B. fraternus, B. pensylvanicus, B. fervidus, B. occidentalis, B. terricola, and B. morrisoni). However, the critically endangered B. affinis, B. variabilis, and B. suckleyi have not been collected or observed for over 50 years. While this checklist is the first for South Dakota bumble bees in nearly 100 years, data are still lacking as ~55% of counties had fewer than five species reported. We suggest future efforts should focus on these under-sampled areas to fill in baseline knowledge of the wild bee fauna towards completing a more holistic view of bumble bee distributions across the Great Plains.https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/94584/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Abigail P. Martens Paul J. Johnson Eric A. Beckendorf Louis S. Hesler Jesse D. Daniels Karl A. Roeder A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| title | A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
| title_full | A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
| title_fullStr | A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
| title_short | A checklist of South Dakota bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |
| title_sort | a checklist of south dakota bumble bees hymenoptera apidae |
| url | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/94584/download/pdf/ |
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