Recent improvements in taxonomy consider multiple operational criteria. Integrative taxonomy provides a methodological framework merging these multisource approaches. Bumblebees are considered as a uniform group where their taxonomy remains one of the most difficult. Here, we investigate the taxonomic statuses inside a monophyletic group including six taxa (B. inexspectatus, B. mlokosievitzii, B. ruderarius, B. sylvarum, B. velox and B. veteranus) in the most diverse subgenus of bumblebees: Thoracobombus. We used an integrative approach based on mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers and eco-chemical traits commonly used in bumblebee taxonomy. For all species, our study shows a clear differentiation in DNA and eco-chemical traits. However, we conserve the subspecies status of B. ruderarius simulatilis and B. sylvarum daghestanicus from the east of Turkey and Iran according to their degree of genetic and eco-chemical differentiation.

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使用综合方法对 Sylvarum 大黄蜂群进行分类学修订

分类学的最新改进考虑了多个操作标准。综合分类法提供了一个合并这些多源方法的方法框架。大黄蜂被认为是一个统一的群体，它们的分类仍然是最困难的群体之一。在这里，我们调查了包括六个分类群（B. inexspectatus、B. mlokosievitzii、B. ruderarius、B. sylvarum、B. velox 和 B. Vegasus）在内的单系群内的分类地位，这些亚群是最多样化的熊蜂亚属：胸蜂。我们使用了一种基于线粒体和核遗传标记以及大黄蜂分类学中常用的生态化学特征的综合方法。对于所有物种，我们的研究表明 DNA 和生态化学特征存在明显差异。然而，我们保留了 B. ruderarius simulatilis 和 B.