The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille) Author An, Jiandong Author Huang, Jiaxing Author Shao, Youquan Author Zhang, Shiwen Author Wang, Biao Author Liu, Xinyu Author Wu, Jie Author Williams, Paul H. text Zootaxa 2014 3830 1 1 89 journal article 36819 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1 bee37b6c-7c93-4c85-a3e9-1733eb5acba8 1175-5326 286560 D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19 27. Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) schrencki Morawitz ( Figs 56, 57 ) Bombus Schrencki Morawitz, 1881 :250 . Material examined. 1 queen , 39 workers , 24 males (IAB). Distribution in North China . Primarily on the Bashang plateau, the Taihangshan mountains, and the Great Khingan mountains. Common at medium to high elevations of the Wutaishan forest park in Shanxi, at medium elevations of the Huanggangliang forest park of the southernmost Great Khingan mountains in Keshiketeng, Neimenggu, and at low elevations of the northernmost Great Khingan mountains in Genhe, Neimenggu. Rare at medium elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, at medium elevations of the Pangquangou nature reserve of the Lvliangshan mountains in northern Shanxi, at medium elevations of the loess plateau in southern Ningxia, and at low elevations of the Moerdaoga forest park, the transition zone between the Hulunbeir grasslands and the Great Khingan mountains forests in northeastern Neimenggu. 19 localities ( Fig. 56 ) between 593–3056 m (IAB). FIGURES 56–57. 56. Map showing the distribution of B. schrencki in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 57 . B. schrencki male visting Serratula coronata (Asteraceae) in Neimenggu (PW). Similar species in North China . This species is similar in its brown colour pattern to B. pascuorum , B. hedini , B. tricornis and B. atripes (see the key; Figs 55 , 57 , 59, 69, 71). Distribution in China . Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jinling, Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Chrysanthemum chanetii , Cirsium leo , Helianthus annuus , Ixeris polycephala , Leontopodium omeiense , Saussurea purpurascens , Serratula coronata ; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora wawreana ; CRASSULACEAE : Orostachys fimbriata ; DIPSACACEAE : Scabiosa comosa ; FABACEAE : Vicia unijuga ; LAMIACEAE : Elsholtzia densa , E. stauntonii ; ROSACEAE : Potentilla fruticosa .