The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille)
Author
An, Jiandong
Author
Huang, Jiaxing
Author
Shao, Youquan
Author
Zhang, Shiwen
Author
Wang, Biao
Author
Liu, Xinyu
Author
Wu, Jie
Author
Williams, Paul H.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
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49.
Bombus
(
Pyrobombus
)
hypnorum
(Linnaeus)
(
Figs 100, 101
)
APIS Hypnorum
Linnaeus, 1758
:579
.
Bombus calidus
Erichson, 1851
:65
.
Taxonomy.
For a discussion of the taxonomy of this species see Williams
et al
.(2009).
Material examined.
17 queens,
35 workers
,
51 males
(IAB).
Distribution in North
China
.
Primarily in the west Qinling mountains and the Zhongtiaoshan mountains. Common at medium elevations of the Maijishan forest park, the Xiaolongshan nature reserve, the Liancheng nature reserve in Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the Baishuijiang nature reserve and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu, at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia, at medium elevations of the Huashan park in Shaanxi, at low to medium elevations of the Wulaofeng nature reserve, and the Lishan nature reserve in southern Shanxi. 18 localities (
Fig. 100
) between
780–2923 m
(IAB).
Similar species in North
China
. This species is similar in its brown colour pattern with a white tail to
B. consobrinus
and workers of
B. festivus
(see the key;
Figs 37
,
101
,
143
).
Distribution in
China
.
Shanxi, Jilin, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB).
Forage plants.
ASTERACEAE
:
Carduus acanthoides
,
Cirsium japonicum
,
Ligularia
sp.,
Parasenecio roborowskii
,
Stemmacantha uniflora
;
APIACEAE
:
Angelica
sp.;
BUDDLEJACEAE
:
Buddleja officinalis
;
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
:
Lonicera elisae
;
FABACEAE
:
Oxytropis ochrocephala
,
Piptanthus concolor
;
LAMIACEAE
:
Nepeta prattii
,
Thymus mongolicus
,
Salvia przewalskii
,
Salvia
sp.,
Scutellaria scordiifolia
;
ONAGRACEAE
:
Chamerion angustifolium
;
ROSACEAE
:
Cerasus campanulata
,
Amygdalus davidiana
,
A. persica
,
Cerasus tomentosa
.