New distribution data of Apis cerana ussuriensis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Primorsky Krai, Russia

• Main Authors: Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin, Maksim E. Sergeev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas 2020-11-01
• Series: Nature Conservation Research: Zapovednaâ Nauka
• Subjects: apiformes; far east; honey bees; new locality; red data book; species' range extension; ussurian wax bee
• Online Access: http://ncr-journal.bear-land.org/article/297

The Ussurian wax bee, Apis cerana ussuriensis, is a threatened subspecies distributed in Russia only in the south of the Far East. This study presents ten new localities of this taxon from Primorsky Krai (Terneyskiy district, Krasnoarmeyskiy district, Nadezhdinskiy district, Khasanskiy district). Records from Terneyskiy district extend the species' range 100 km north-east. We hypothesised that the A. cerana ussuriensis population, living at the edge of its range under severe climatic conditions, could acquire resistance to extremely low temperatures.