Hitchhiking with the Vikings? The anthropogenic bumblebee fauna of Iceland – past and present

Prŷs-Jones, Oliver E.; Kristjánsson, Kristján; Ólafsson, Erling

doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1234655

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“…are an appropriate model for biogeographic reconstructions because these insects are associated with flowering plants and are poorly equipped for dispersal across large water barriers (Bolotov et al 2013, Potapov et al 2017). The faunistic research of bumblebees in Iceland has a long history (Prŷs-Jones et al 1981, 2016, Kristjánsson 2013, Kratochwil 2016). In summary, the fauna of Iceland comprises seven species, but only the Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802) is thought to be a native inhabitant of this island (Prŷs-Jones et al 1981, 2016, Kratochwil 2016).…”

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“…The faunistic research of bumblebees in Iceland has a long history (Prŷs-Jones et al 1981, 2016, Kristjánsson 2013, Kratochwil 2016). In summary, the fauna of Iceland comprises seven species, but only the Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802) is thought to be a native inhabitant of this island (Prŷs-Jones et al 1981, 2016, Kratochwil 2016). This species appears to be at risk of decline due to the spread of invasive plant species such as Nootka lupine ( Lupinus nootkatensis ) and cow parsley ( Anthriscus sylvestris ) (Willow 2017).…”

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“…This species appears to be at risk of decline due to the spread of invasive plant species such as Nootka lupine ( Lupinus nootkatensis ) and cow parsley ( Anthriscus sylvestris ) (Willow 2017). However, Prŷs-Jones et al (1981, 2016) have suggested that it probably originated with a historical founder event via the arrival of hibernating queens on ships carrying Irish monks (8 th –9 th centuries) or Vikings (9 th –10 th centuries), or even later. Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) and B. hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761) appear to have arrived in Iceland in the second half of the 20 th century, whereas B. hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758), B. pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763), and B. pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761) appeared at the beginning of the 21 st century.…”

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“…Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) and B. hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761) appear to have arrived in Iceland in the second half of the 20 th century, whereas B. hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758), B. pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763), and B. pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761) appeared at the beginning of the 21 st century. Finally, B. terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) is actively utilized as a pollinator in greenhouses and may have become naturalized in the country (Prŷs-Jones et al 2016, Kratochwil 2016). …”

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“…In spite of the fact that there have been multiple colonizations of Iceland by bumblebees, the origin of certain lineages has not been studied using a molecular approach, and only a single barcode sequence of Bombus lucorum from Iceland is currently available (Williams et al 2012, Prŷs-Jones et al 2016). Our objective herein is to test the hypothesis regarding possible cryptic refugia in Iceland and to evaluate a putative origin of artificially introduced taxa based on molecular sequence data inferred from three bumblebee species, i.e.…”

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Widespread continental mtDNA lineages prevail in the bumblebee fauna of Iceland

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Origins of the fauna in Iceland is controversial, although the majority of modern research supports the postglacial colonization of this island by terrestrial invertebrates rather than their long-term survival in glacial refugia. In this study, we use three bumblebee species as a model to test the hypothesis regarding possible cryptic refugia in Iceland and to evaluate a putative origin of recently introduced taxa. Bombus jonellus is thought to be a possible native Icelandic lineage, whereas B. lucorum and B. hortorum were evidently introduced in the second half of the 20th century. These phylogeographic analyses reveal that the Icelandic Bombus jonellus shares two COI lineages, one of which also occurs in populations on the British Isles and in mainland Europe, but a second lineage (BJ-02) has not been recorded anywhere. These results indicate that this species may have colonized Iceland two times and that the lineage BJ-02 may reflect a more ancient Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene founder event (e.g., from the British Isles). The Icelandic populations of both Bombus lucorum and B. hortorum share the COI lineages that were recorded as widespread throughout Eurasia, from the European countries across Russia to China and Japan. The findings presented here highlight that the bumblebee fauna of Iceland comprises mainly widespread ubiquitous lineages that arrived via natural or human-mediated dispersal events from the British Isles or the mainland.

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Widespread continental mtDNA lineages prevail in the bumblebee fauna of Iceland

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Molecular characteristics of Bombus (Alpinobombus) polaris from North Greenland with comments on its general biology and phylogeography

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The bumble bee Bombus polaris (Curtis 1835) is known from the northernmost region of Greenland. But how it can survive there, where in terms of geographic origin it came from, and which species in addition to B. pyrrhopygus (Friese 1902) genetically it is most closely related to are insufficiently answered questions that have motivated us to carry out this study. On the basis of a molecular analysis of the cytochrome oxidase I gene of a B. (Alpinobombus) polaris from North Greenland (82° 48′ N; 42° 14′ W), we conclude that the female specimen we analysed was most closely related to the Canadian populations of B. polaris. Geographic proximity, occurrence of B. polaris on Ellesmere Island and wind direction are likely factors that have aided B. polaris to establish itself in northern and eastern Greenland. The presence of five haplotypes in the studied sequences from Greenland indicates a moderately high level of genetic diversity of B. polaris in Greenland, reflecting the successful adaptation of B. polaris populations. In the broader context of entomological life in the high Arctic, our results on B. polaris allow us to conclude that the survival of pollinating species in the high Arctic under the changing climate scenario depends not only on the weather but also on an individual’s opportunity to continue to locate suitable food sources, i.e. pollen and nectar in the case of B. polaris. This aspect, briefly touched upon in this study, is of relevance not just to B. polaris, but the Arctic entomofauna generally.

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