The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae) Author An, Jiandong Author Williams, Paul H. Author Zhou, Bingfeng Author Miao, Zhengying Author Qi, Wenzhong text Zootaxa 2011 2865 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.204407 edb85fb3-1682-4a1b-9252-eba9ee0b9706 1175-5326 204407 31. Bombus ( Pyrobombus ) lemniscatus Skorikov ( Fig. 34 ) Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912 :607 , holotype queen ZISP examined. China : Qinghai. Bombus nursei var. flavopilosus Friese, 1918 :84 , lectotype queen ( Williams, 1991:73 ) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov by Williams (1991) . Probably India . Bombus (Lapidariobombus) peralpinus Richards, 1930 :646 , holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Pyrobombus lemniscatus (Skorikov) by Tkalců (1974b) . China : Xizang. Material examined. 13 workers (IAB). Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 34 ); 4 localities between 2835 and 3524 m (IAB). Distribution in China . Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Parasenecio roborowskii , Saussurea sp.; LAMIACEAE : Salvia przewalskii ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARI- ACEAE: Veronica sp.