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
.