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 45. Bombus ( Melanobombus ) rufofasciatus Smith ( Fig. 48 ) Bombus rufo-fasciatus Smith, 1852b :48 , lectotype queen ( Tkalců, 1974b:340 ) BMNH examined. India . Bombus Prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880 :342 , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith by Richards (1930) . China : ‘Gan-su’, probably Qinghai. Bombus rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880 :343 (not of Cresson, 1863 :106 = B. rufocinctus Cresson ), syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith by Handlirsch (1888) . China : ‘Gan-su’, probably Qinghai. Bombus chinensis Dalla Torre, 1890 [ June 25 ]:139, replacement name for rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880 :343 (not of Morawitz, 1890 [ April 30 ]:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz)) . Synonymised with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith by Richards (1930) . Material examined. 2 queens 224 workers 34 males (IAB). Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 48 ); 21 localities between 2148 and 4011 m (IAB). Distribution in China . Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Ligularia przewalskii , Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea gossypiphora , S. purpurascens , Saussurea sp., Taraxacum mongolicum ; CRASSULACEAE : Sedum sp.; FABACEAE : Hedysarum gmelini , Oxytropis sp.; GENTIANACEAE : Gentiana aristata , G. straminea , Halenia elliptica ; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Salvia przewalskii , Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum macrophyllum , P. viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum , Clematis tangutica , Delphinium grandiflorum ; ROSACEAE : Potentilla fruticosa ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis kansuensis , P. t o r t a , P. s p i c a t a , Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.