Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 3() 1958
The Bombus Latr. and Psithyrus Lep. fauna of the Polish part of the Tatry Mountains
Abstract:
INTRODUCTION. The studies on the Bombus Latr, and Psithyrus Lep. species of the Polish Tatry Mountains were started by A. Wierzejski. He published in 1868 and 1874 lists of Hymenoptera collected in Galicia in which data concerning the Polish part of the Tatry Mountains are included. These lists were subsequently supplemented by J. Śnieżek (1910) and J. Noskiewicz (1920). Thanks to these papers 14 Bombus Latr. and 4 Psithyrus Lep. species were hitherto known from the Polish Tatry Mountains. The paper by J. Noskiewicz mentioned above comprises besides the list of Aculeata species from the Tatry Mountains also the considerations on their distribution in dependence on the altitude. In a paper on the distribution of the bumblebees in Poland (1957) I have presented some data concerning the Tatry Mountains, in the faunistic literature, however, there is still no detailed investigation on the Bombus Latr., and Psithyrus Lep. species distributed in the Polish part of the Tatry Mountains. I have undertaken the publication of my studies on the Bombus Latr. and Psithyrus Lep. .species of the Tatry Mountains within the scope of joint investigations organized by the Cracow Branch of the Zoological Institute of the Polish Academy of Science. This paper is based on materials of Bombus Latr. and Psithyrus Lep. species from the Tatry Mountains, the collecting of which I have started in 1951 and continued especially intensively in 1955 and 1956. STRESZCZENIE. Grupa trzmieli (Bombus Latr.) i trzmielców (Psithyrus Lep.) nie była dotąd szczegółowo badana w Tatrach Polskich. W opublikowanych wykazach (A. Wierzejski 1868, 1874; J. Śnieżek 1910; J. Noskiewicz 1920) podano dla Tatr Polskich i Podhala 14 gatunków trzmieli i 4 gatunki trzmielców. Moje badania podjęte w ramach zespołowych prac Instytutu Zoologicznego P.A.N., Oddziału w Krakowie, poszerzyły ten wykaz do 20 gatunków trzmieli i 7 gatunków trzmielców. (Tabela I oraz wykresy I do IV). W szczegółowym wykazie gatunków podałam odmiany barwne (morpha i forma), miejsca znalezienia, daty połowu, formy płciowe oraz rośliny, na których odławiałam poszczególne gatunki. Dane te zgrupowałam pod numerami od I do VI, które oznaczają piętra roślinne w Tatrach Polskich (str. 3).
