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 42. Bombus ( Alpigenobombus ) kashmirensis Friese ( Fig. 45 ) Bombus mastrucatus var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b ]:673, lectotype queen ( Tkalců, 1974b:327 ) MNHU examined. India . Bombus mastrucatus var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b ]:673, type not found ( Tkalců, 1974b:327 ). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b) . India . Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 [November, Tkalců, 1974b ]:397, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b) . Pakistan . Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914 :128 , type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell by Richards (1930) . Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b) . India . Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933a :248, syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus kashmirensis Friese by Williams (1991) . China : Sichuan. Material examined. 3 queens 75 workers 4 males (IAB). Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 45 ); 17 localities between 2272 and 4011 m (IAB). Distribution in China . Sichuan. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Saussurea stella , Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora sp.; FABACEAE : Hedysarum gmelini , H. tanguticum , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis ; GENTIANACEAE Gentiana algida , Gentiana sp.; GERANIACEAE Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Elsholtzia fruticosa , Salvia przewalskii ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrumm , Clematis tangutica ; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , P. s p i c a t a , Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.; TAMARICACEAE : Myricaria germanica .