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
11.
Bombus
(
Megabombus
)
sushkini
(Skorikov)
s. l.
(
Fig. 14
)
Hortobombus sushkini
Skorikov, 1931
:235
,
paralectotype
queen (
Podbolotskaya, 1988:117
) ZISP examined.
Kazakhstan
.
Bombus (Hortobombus) hortorum
ssp.
morawitzianus
Pittioni, 1939
:244
(not of
Popov, 1931
:183
=
B. morawitzianus
(Popov))
,
lectotype
queen (
Tkalců, 1974a:52
) BMNH examined. Synomymised with
Megabombus sushkini
(Skorikov)
by
Tkalců (1974a)
.
Mongolia
.
Material examined.
13 queens
27 workers
3 males
(IAB).
Distribution in Gansu.
Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains, rare at medium elevations of the western mountains (
Fig. 14
); 13 localities between 2148 and
3490 m
(IAB).
Distribution in
China
.
Neimenggu, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).
Forage plants.
ASTERACEAE
:
Arctium lappa
,
Saussurea
sp.;
FABACEAE
:
Oxytropis ochrocephala
; LAMI- ACEAE:
Caryopteris incana
,
Dracocephalum heterophyllum
;
RANUNCULACEAE
:
Aconitum gymnandrum
,
Clematis tangutica
;
SCROPHULARIACEAE
:
Pedicularis kansuensis
.